How do they match: Foundry Mold and Coremakers

  • Hand Coremaker
  • Hand Former
  • Hand Spring Former
  • Machine Operator
  • Core Machine Operator
  • Mold Operator
  • Sand Cutter Operator

  • Operate ovens or furnaces to bake cores or to melt, skim, and flux metal.
  • Form and assemble slab cores around patterns, and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue.
  • Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.
  • Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.

  • Operate heating or drying equipment.