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MatruOS for an aluminium die-casting (PDC) unit

Set up the way an aluminium die-casting (PDC) unit runs: price per piece with alloy pass-through on an index (LME or local ingot rate); die development charge; machining and finishing extra. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

Metals and engineeringReady when you sign up

  • 8routines on a timetable
  • 1workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 3jobs for your AI team
  • 9licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What an aluminium die-casting (PDC) unit deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Metal lost in dross and runners never measured. Dies break mid-schedule because maintenance was missed.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 8 routines, 1 workflow, 3 registers and 9 licences for an aluminium die-casting (PDC) unit, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.

03What changes

The right person is reminded at the right time, approvals wait for whoever decides, and every licence has a renewal reminder. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.

Where you sit

MatruOS starts from how your business earns

Who you sell to, who you buy from, how credit moves and where you sit in the chain decide how your screens, reminders and reports are set up.

  1. Alloy ingot maker
  2. PDC unit
  3. machining
  4. OEM assembly

Your customers

  • Fan and motor makers
  • Lighting makers
  • Two-wheeler and auto tier-1 suppliers
  • Pump makers
  • Electrical switchgear makers

Your suppliers

  • Secondary aluminium alloy ingot makers and traders
  • Tool rooms (dies)
  • Die release agent suppliers
  • Machining job shops
  • Shot blast and impregnation job workers

Credit and cash

Ingots on advance to 15 days; OEMs pay 45-90 days, some through TReDS; die cost 50% advance or amortised in piece price

Ingot is 55-65% of cost and paid quickly; die investment upfront; quarterly alloy price revision lags

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerParty (OEM)
  • OrderSchedule
  • ItemPart
  • InvoiceBill
  • productDie-casting
  • employeeOperator

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for an aluminium die-casting (PDC) unit

Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.

  1. Describe the business in one lineFor example "Aluminium die-casting (PDC) unit", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as an aluminium die-casting (PDC) unitRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
  3. Bring your dataCustomers, items and balances come across from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others. For Tally, our team helps you move the data while Tally import is checked on the live app.
  4. Approve and runThe AI team prepares the routine work. A person approves anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes.

Your AI team

What the AI team does for an aluminium die-casting (PDC) unit

Each job goes to a member of your AI team. It reads your own records and prepares the work. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.

Store keeper

Works out metal loss per shift and machine from ingot in, good castings, returns and dross, flags shifts above 3% loss and dies with high porosity rejects

Reads ingot and metal balance and shift production report

Works it out and shows you

Operations head

Adds up shots per die and reminds the fitter when a die is within 5,000 shots of maintenance

Reads die history card and shift production report

Works it out and shows you

Sales executive

Compares the month's ingot rate with each customer's base rate and drafts the alloy revision claim

Reads purchase bills and customer price lists

Asks you before sending

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How you run

Your routines, already on a timetable

Each routine has a time, a person and its steps with the checks that matter. MatruOS reminds the right person and keeps the record. Open one to see its steps.

Every day3

  • 7:00 amMelting and degassingFurnace man · 2 steps
    1. 1Ingot and returns charged in ratio (returns 40% or less)
    2. 2Degas and skim; dross weighed
  • 8:00 amShift start and first-piece approvalMachine operator · 3 steps
    1. 1Die pre-heated to 180-250 °C before first shot
    2. 2Holding furnace 660-690 °C
    3. 3First piece checked and signed by inspector
  • 8:00 pmShift end report and metal balanceProduction supervisor · 2 steps
    1. 1Shots, good, rejects by defect, downtime per machine
    2. 2Ingot in vs good castings, returns and dross

Every week2

  • Mon, ThuDie shot count and maintenance dueDie maintenance fitter · 2 steps
    1. 1Shots since last maintenance per die
    2. 2Dies within 5,000 shots of maintenance scheduled
  • SatSchedule vs stock planProduction supervisor · 2 steps
    1. 1OEM schedule for next week vs finished stock and WIP per part
    2. 2Machine and die loading for the week

Every month1

  • 5thAlloy price revisionOwner · 2 steps
    1. 1Ingot average rate vs base rate in each customer's price
    2. 2Revision claim per customer per index clause

Every year1

  • SepIATF or customer audit and consentQuality inspector · 1 steps
    1. 1Customer process audit; gauge calibration; PCB consent

Workflows

Each stage goes to the person who handles it

Work passes stage by stage to the right person. Stages marked for approval wait for the person who decides.

New die to regular production

  1. 1Part drawing and die quoteOwner
  2. 2Die ordered at tool roomOwnerNeeds approval
  3. 3Die trial shotsProduction supervisor
  4. 4Sample inspection and PPAPQuality inspector
  5. 5Customer PPAP approvalOwnerNeeds approval
  6. 6Regular schedule runningProduction supervisor

Registers and SOPs

Your registers and standards

Registers hold the fields this trade records. SOPs carry the steps and checks, so work is done the same way every time.

  • Shift production report

    Date · Shift · Machine · Die number · Shots · Good pieces · Rejected pieces · Defect

  • Ingot and metal balance

    Date · Ingot charged kg · Returns charged kg · Good castings kg · Runners and rejects back kg · Dross kg · Alloy lot

  • Die history card

    Die number · Part · Owner · Shots to date · Next maintenance at shots · Last repair · Repair done

  • PDC process window

    Low porosity and no cold flow

    5 steps with checks

  • Die care and maintenance

    Longer die life and less downtime

    3 steps with checks

Items and licences

Your first bill is right, and no licence lapses

Starter items arrive with unit, HSN and GST rate. The registrations this business usually needs are listed with a reminder before each one expires.

ItemHSNGST
Aluminium die-casting (fan and motor parts) · piece761618%
Aluminium die-casting (auto and two-wheeler) · piece870818%
Lighting housing die-casting · piece940518%
Motor end-shield and body · piece850318%
Machined die-casting · piece761618%
Die development charge · die848018%
Dross and swarf (sold to smelter) · kg760218%
  • GST registrationGST department (GSTN)
  • Udyam (MSME) registrationMinistry of MSME (Udyam portal)
  • Factory licenceState factories department
  • Pollution consent (CTO)State Pollution Control Board
  • Hazardous waste authorisationState Pollution Control Board (Hazardous Waste Rules 2016)If it applies
  • PF registration (EPFO)EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation)
  • ESI registration (ESIC)ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation)
  • Fire NOCState fire and emergency servicesIf it applies
  • Contract labour licenceLabour department (Contract Labour Act, or Labour Codes)If it applies

Your people

The people who run it, each with their own login

Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.

OwnerQuotes, dies and capex, OEM negotiations, alloy buying.
Production supervisorMachine and die plan by schedule, shift reports, die changes.
Machine operatorRuns PDC machine, sprays die, takes shots, first-piece check.
Furnace manMelts ingots and returns, degasses, keeps holding temperature.
Quality inspectorFirst and last piece, X-ray or cut checks, PPAP, rejection records.
Die maintenance fitterDie preventive maintenance, cooling lines, polishing.

Not covered yet

  • Sending messages, bills and reminders on WhatsApp from MatruOS is not live yet. Today they go by link, QR code or email, and from your own phone in one tap.
  • Live bank and UPI feeds are not connected yet. Upload a bank statement and MatruOS reads it into payments for you to confirm.

Questions people ask

How long does it take to set up MatruOS for an aluminium die-casting (PDC) unit?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "Aluminium die-casting (PDC) unit". MatruOS picks this business type and sets up everything on this page in a few minutes. You then get a 7-day free trial, no card needed.

Do I have to type all of this in?

No. The routines, workflows, registers, items, licences and AI team on this page arrive already set up. You change what is different in your business, and bring your customers, items and balances from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others, with our team's help for Tally data.

Can I change the routines and workflows?

Yes. Every routine, workflow, register and SOP is yours to rename, retime, switch off or add to. MatruOS keeps the rest of the system in step with your changes.

What does the AI team do without asking me?

It runs routine checks and prepares drafts. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval. The one exception you can choose is payment reminders, which go out on their own once you have checked them and switched them on.

Run an aluminium die-casting (PDC) unit on one system Set up for your trade when you sign up.

Describe your business once. MatruOS sets up your apps, brings in your data and puts Muni and the AI team to work, with your approval on every step that matters. 7-day free trial, no card needed.

See plans and what each includes
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