Rane Light Metal Castings America (RLMCA), part of INR 4,036 crore Rane Group headquartered in Chennai, India, has received the ‘Best Supplier Quality 2021 - Gold Award’ from LG Electronics.
Based in Russellville, Kentucky, RLMCA has been supplying several aluminium castings components to LG Electronics’ plant in the US. According to LG Electronics, the award recognises RLMCA for its outstanding performance in supplier quality.
Speaking to Mobility Outlook, Harish Lakshman, Vice Chairman, Rane Group, said, “LG Electronics has been a strategic customer for RLMCA since 2018. Our relationship has strengthened over the years. RLMCA has successfully localised a critical component and developed diecast tools enhancing the manufacturing process. This award recognises the impressive shopfloor practices that Rane has brought in using SPC and TQM.”
Coming under Rane Group’s fold in 2016, RLMCA manufactures high-pressure light metal castings for automotive applications like steering and HVAC, and others. The company’s expertise lies in producing complex, thin-walled, low porosity, high-pressure light metal castings and its capability to design and manufacture squeeze castings from unique and economical processes, enabling it to offer its customers a cost-effective solution.
The company adopts the ‘design for manufacturability’ concept to minimise cost and maximise performance. Its extensive use of process simulation allows for optimum use of time, early and reliable decision making possible through quantitative predictions and reduction of production risks.
Manufacturing
At the manufacturing plant, the company has large capacity melting and barrel furnaces with diecast machines ranging from 600 to 1,400 tonne, supported by a fully automated die casting process with partial squeeze pin technique and vacuum-assisted casting process. The thermally regulated die temp control ensures quality. Raw material control with Spectro analyser and degassing to ensure gas-free castings further reinforce its quality. Besides, all necessary machining and assembly operations are performed to make the machined part or subassembly ready to install when they leave its facility.