Die cast pins are made by pouring liquid metal into a custom die. In most cases, we use zinc for casting lapel pins because it's a softer metal a with relatively low melting point. The custom dies have small channels cut into them, allowing the liquid metal to fill the cavity between the front and back molds. Here at Signature Pins, we get a lot of questions about the difference between die struck and die cast lapel pins, so we thought it would be helpful to cover a few of them. In this blog, we’ll go over the basics of how die cast and die struck pins are made, and talk a little bit about why you might want to choose one over the other. For the most part, the difference between die cast and die struck lapel pins has to do with how the design and production will work together. But no matter the case, all pins start out as nothing more than a design on a piece of paper. Our production team uses that design to create a custom mold for your pins, and depending on whether you need a cast or struck pin, the mold will look a little different.
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