Glossary
- Dimensional stability
- ability of an alloy to retain its shape and size unchanged after aging.
- Draft
- the taper given to walls, cores and other parts of the die cavity to permit easier ejection of the casting.
- Ejector marks
- marks left on castings by ejector pins.
- Ejector pin
- a rod which forces the casting out of the die cavity and off cores.
- Ejector plate
- a plate to which ejector pins are attached and which actuates them.
