Glossary
- Growth
- expansion of a casting as a result of aging.
- Hot chamber machines
- die casting machines which have a plunger or injection system in continuous contact with molten metal.
- Hot short
- term used to describe an alloy which is brittle or lacks strength at elevated temperatures.
- Impact strength
- ability to resist shock, as measu.red by a suitable testing machine.
- Ingot
- a pig or slab of metal or alloy.
