the fixture 19a to move back to the 34 starting 34 position it is understood that the robot arm 16 may be programmed to pick up the severed part 10 from the nest 30 at any position as may be desired the quick springing action of the severed runner 12 from the part 10 eliminates the opportunity for readhesion of the part 10 and runner 12 or the appearance of 34 stringers 34 after cutting after the degating or cutting the toggle clamp 42 is raised and the degating fixture 19a with the parts 10 still clamped into place in the nest 30 via clamp heads 38 is moved back to a predetermined and fixed location thereby locating the part 10 precisely in three dimensions the robotic manipulator 16 which initially presented the runner 12 to the degating fixtures 19a d returns to grip both the runner 12 and the degated parts 10 which are now removed from the degating fixtures 19a d depending upon the configuration of the runner 12 and parts 10 in a preferred embodiment the runner 12 may be lifted off from the central spindle 22 rotated a given number of degrees and lowered onto different openings 23 of the spindle 22 to present a second set of parts 10 to the degating fixture 19 for removal this rotation is desired for the runner configuration shown in the figures since a part 10 is attached to both ends.