UBE Machinery Corporation, Ltd. (President: Hironori Miyauchi), the core company of the UBE Group’s machinery business, has received an order for an ultra-large die casting machine for giga casting. Giga casting is a form of die casting technology that uses aluminum alloy to integrally mold large automotive body parts. The order was received from Ryobi Limited (President and CEO: Akira Uragami).
This is the first order received by a die casting machine manufacturer in Japan for an ultra-large die casting machine. The machine is the UB6500iV2 Die Casting Machine, which UBE Machinery announced it would start taking orders for at the Japan Die Casting Congress & Exposition held in November 2022. UBE Machinery aims to deliver, install, and hand over the machine at Ryobi’s Kikugawa Plant (Kikugawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture) in fiscal 2024.
External view of the UB6500iV2 Die Casting Machine (conceptual image)
Die casting is a method of producing a wide range of metal products such as automotive engine parts, high-strength chassis parts, body structure parts, and large thin household appliance parts. It works by injecting molten light alloy into a mold. A machine equipped with a die (a metal mold) that enables die casting is called a die casting machine. Since delivering its first machine in 1962, UBE Machinery has continuously worked to innovate die casting technology and develop die casting machines that meet the needs of the times.
Giga casting is a casting technology that uses molten aluminum alloy to integrally mold large automotive body parts. It can significantly reduce the number of parts and manufacturing processes compared to conventional methods.
| Name | UBE Machinery Corporation, Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Location | 1980, Okinoyama, Kogushi, Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Representative | Hironori Miyauchi, Representative Director & President |
| Business Description | Manufacture, sale, service, and maintenance of die casting machines, extrusion presses, injection molding machines, kilns, chemical equipment, crushers, vertical mills, bulk handling machines, water screening equipment, bridges, floodgates, steel structures and other industrial machinery |
| Capital | 6,700 million yen |
| Founded | January 1914 |
| Established | September 1999 |
| Shareholder | UBE Corporation (100%) |
| Number of Employees | 1,200 (As of September 1, 2023) |
