Glossary
- Fillet
- curved junction of two surfaces, e.g. walls which would meet at a sharp angle.
- Flash
- a thin web or fin of metal on a casting which occurs at die partings, air vents and around moveable cores. This excess metal is due to necessary working and operating clearances in a die.
- Galling
- tearing out of particles from a metal surface by sliding friction.
- Gate
- (A) passage for molten metal which connects runner with die cavity. (B) the entire ejected content of a die, including castings gates, runners, sprue (or biscuit) and flash.
- Gooseneck
- a spout connecting a metal pot or chamber with a nozzle or sprue hole in the die and containing a passage through which molten metal is forced on its way to the die.
