We have a 2 cavity mold. The cavities are 180 degrees from each other. The runners are a straight shot from the sprue to the cavities.

During ejection the cashew gates are hooking in the gate area, and not falling from the mold tool. They are NOT breaking in the gate. Based on what we are seeing the runners are breaking and the cashews are not fully being pushed out of the gate area.

There have been multiple suggestions to resolve this issue. Adding KOs to the runner, the other was using EOAT to pull the sprue out. Please let me know what your feedback is. Thanks