Glossary
- Split gate
- a gate of castings having the sprue axis or plunger axis in the die parting.
- Sprue
- metal that fills the conical passage (sprue hole) that connects the nozzle or cold chamber with runners. (Most cold chamber machines form a slug and have no sprue.)
- Sprue pin
- a tapered pin with rounded end projecting into a sprue hold and acting as a core to keep the casting in the ejector portion of the die.
- Stability, dimensional
- ability (of a die casting) to remain unchanged in size or shape while aging.
- Toggle
- linkage employed to mechanically multiply pressure when locking the dies of a casting machine.
