Facility profile: Dynacast Montreal

Designed for innovation and agility, this 44,000-square-foot die casting plant manufactured more than 70.3 million die cast parts in 2019 for a number of hardware industry sectors, including electrical connectors and hardware, door lock components, windows, furniture, household appliances and industrial hardware.

Dynacast Montreal is a high-performance plant with a cross-functional, lean structure and, like most of our facilities, is successful because of its people. Here, there are specialists in die casting machines, tooling design and manufacture, as well as casting processes. Virtually every step of the die casting process is housed in one place.

With high-volume programmes driven by automation, an extensive range of in-house capabilities and a localised supply chain approach, Dynacast Montreal differentiates itself to offer the highest value of any

Leading in manufacturing automation and die casting solutions

Dynacast Montreal is better positioned than any other supplier in the market to provide complete die casting solutions for the hardware industry, in part because Montreal is home to Dynacast's Techmire division. We have the capacity and expertise to produce die casting machines and tooling in-house, as well as optimise the die casting process.

With the three pillars of die casting all under one roof, Dynacast Montreal can leverage innovation at every stage of the production environment to deliver precision hardware components faster.

For instance, when part geometry allows, Montreal's engineers can use detailed design features to degate the part during the ejection process (also known as in-die degating), allowing parts to move to additional operations such as tapping, washing and tumbling, and other finishing processes without additional handling. By using these advanced manufacturing technologies and Lean principles, Dynacast Montreal can increase reliability and quality while simultaneously minimising downtime and part-to-part variation–engineering value into every stage of the die casting process for its customers.

In-house capabilities

With Techmire zinc multi-slide die casting platforms ranging from 7.9 - 65 tonnes, Dynacast Montreal can cast complex shapes while maintaining the ideal balance of machine tonnage and machine speed to maximise production output. This enables customers to receive the best of both worlds – elite process capability and parts manufactured at high speed. While this facility specialises in zinc die casting, Dynacast Montreal is equipped for virtually every stage of the die casting process.

Some of Montreal's features and capabilities include:

• 20 Techmire zinc multi-slide machines
• Precision tool manufacture
• Complex, high-volume casting, including internal threads
• Design, prototyping and modelling services
• Wide range of automated or semi-automated surface finishing processes, including tumbling, polishing and shot blasting
• Wide range of secondary operations, including tapping, reaming and drilling
• Network of certified suppliers able to provide any required cosmetic or protective coating

Cast internal threads

Over the years, Dynacast Montreal has leveraged extensive machine knowledge and tooling design expertise to cast internal threads. With a proprietary three-plate design, Montreal can cast reliable, easy-starting internal threads every time. This means customers benefit not only from reduced operations, but also from the casting 'skin' on the threads, which provides a significant increase in strength and durability. With automatic degating incorporated directly into the tooling, parts can move directly from the casting machine to shipping with no additional operations.

Dynacast IP

This facility is also largely responsible for producing most of the industrial products for Dynacast IP. Dynacast Montreal has years of experience manufacturing a variety of commercial fasteners, including corrosion-resistant wing nuts, smooth-starting panel mounting nuts and durable concrete anchors. 

Streamline your supply chain in-house

Dynacast Montreal houses virtually every stage of the die casting process. With die casting machines, tooling production, casting and finishing services all in one place, you can source your entire project from a single facility.

All-in-one die casting with Dynacast Montreal

With a comprehensive range of die casting capabilities, Dynacast Montreal continues to develop innovative continuous-flow manufacturing processes to provide the best service, state-of-the-art technology and cost-effective solutions in the industry.