How do they match: Foundry Mold and Coremakers

  • Foundry Mold and Coremakers

  • Core Baker
  • Core Drier
  • Core Machine Operator
  • Core Maker
  • Core Microarchitect
  • Core Oven Tender
  • Core Paster
  • Core Piler
  • Core Rescuer
  • Core Setter
  • Core Stacker
  • Core Sticker
  • Core Stripper
  • Coremaker
  • Coremaker Apprentice
  • Foundry Mold Assembly and Shake Out Worker
  • Hand Coremaker

  • 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.
  • Form and assemble slab cores around patterns, and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue.
  • 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.
  • Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.