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A Design Study in Steel - Crossbleed Valve for the F-5

Option B -- Move the Gate 

In Option B, the upper gate is shifted down from the main cylinder  to feed into the center shaft.

A small boss is added to the center shaft  as a connection point for the gate.

This shifted gate will feed molten metal into the center shaft and reduce the solidification shrinkage. 

But it also leaves the top of the main cylinder without direct metal feed and will probably cause solidification shrinkage and misruns (poor metal feed) in the cylinder. 

The "shifted gate"  is not a good approach for producing flaw-free casting. 
Go back and select another approach.


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