downsprue

Synonym of sprue (“a channel through which molten metal is poured into the mold during the casting process”).

Noun

  1. Synonym of sprue (“a channel through which molten metal is poured into the mold during the casting process”).
    • • Flask tie bars located too close to risers and downsprues - 2008, George Goodrich, “Warped Castings”, in Casting Defects Handbook: Iron & Steel, Schaumburg, I.L.: American Foundry Society, →ISBN, page 224:

    Synonyms: sprue

Origin

From down- + sprue.

Forms

downsprues