How do they match: Foundry Mold and Coremakers

  • Foundry Mold and Coremakers

  • Mold Maker
  • Mold Capper
  • Mold Closer
  • Mold Finisher
  • Mold Operator
  • Mold Tooling Tech
  • Mold Tooling Technician
  • Molder
  • Molder Apprentice
  • Airset Molder
  • Core Maker
  • Dry Molder
  • Dry Sand Molder
  • Foundry Mold Assembly and Shake Out Worker
  • Foundry Molder
  • Green Sand Molder
  • No Bake Molder
  • Pattern Molder
  • Sand Molder
  • Sweep Molder

  • Make or form wax or sand cores or molds used in the production of metal castings in foundries.

  • Clean and smooth molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections.
  • Cut spouts, runner holes, and sprue holes into molds.
  • Form and assemble slab cores around patterns, and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue.
  • Lift upper mold sections from lower sections, and remove molded patterns.
  • Move and position workpieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces.
  • Operate ovens or furnaces to bake cores or to melt, skim, and flux metal.
  • Position cores into lower sections of molds, and reassemble molds for pouring.
  • Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together.
  • Pour molten metal into molds, manually or with crane ladles.
  • Rotate sweep boards around spindles to make symmetrical molds for convex impressions.
  • Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.
  • Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.
  • Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.

  • Apply parting agents or other solutions to molds.
  • Build production molds.
  • Place materials into molds.
  • Remove workpieces from molds.
  • Smooth metal surfaces or edges.