The following section describes different gates and why you might select one over another.
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Cold Circular Tapered Arc
A cold gate used when a cold runner system has been chosen. Common names for a circular tapered arc gate include banana, finger, winkle, cow-horn, hook, underhung, jump, bent-tunnel and cashew.
Cold Circular Tapered
A cold gate is used when a cold runner system has been chosen. Common examples of circular tapered gates include subgate, submarine, tunnel and chisel gates.
Cold Rectangular Tapered
A cold gate is used when a cold runner system has been chosen. Common examples of rectangular tapered gates include the fan gate.
Cold Rectangular
A cold gate is used when a cold runner system has been chosen. Common names for a rectangular gate include edge, flash, film, side, common, standard. Overlap gate is also an example of a rectangular gate.
Cold Semi-circular
A cold gate is used when a cold runner system has been chosen.
Hot Annular
A hot gate is used when a hot runner (runnerless) system has been chosen. An annular gate is used with an internally heated runner system and valve gates.
Hot Circular Tapered
A hot gate is used when a hot runner (runnerless) system has been chosen. A hot circular tapered gate can be used with either externally heated or insulated runner systems.
Hot Circular
A hot gate is used when a hot runner (runnerless) system has been chosen. A hot circular gate can be used with either externally heated or insulated runner systems.