Glossary
- Shrink mark
- a surface depression which sometimes occurs next to a heavy section that cools more slowly than adjacent areas.
- Shrinkage, solidification
- dimensional reduction that accompanies the freezing (solidification) of metal passing from the molten to the solid state.
- Shut, cold
- a tapping of partially solidified metal that sometimes occurs in the formation of die castings on or near the surface.
- Slide
- the portion of the die arranged to move parallel to die parting. The inner end forms a part of the die cavity wall that involves one or more undercuts and sometimes includes a core or cores.
- Soldering
- adherence of molten metal to portions of the die.
