Foundry Mold and Coremaker making wax or sand molds and cores for metal castings, cleaning and repairing molds, packing sand, positioning patterns and cores, and pouring molten metal into molds
Experience
Foundry Mold and Coremaker
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Cleaned and smoothed molds, cores, and core boxes, and repaired surface imperfections
Sifted and packed sand into mold sections and core boxes using hand or pneumatic ramming tools
Positioned patterns inside mold sections and clamped sections together
Positioned cores into lower sections of molds and reassembled molds for pouring
Sprinkled or sprayed parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to help remove patterns from molds
Moved and positioned workpieces, such as mold sections and patterns, using cranes or signaled others to move workpieces
Poured molten metal into molds, manually or with crane ladles
Skills
Hands-On Work
Building production molds, Placing materials into molds, Cleaning production equipment, Applying parting agents, Removing workpieces from molds, Cutting industrial materials, Smoothing metal surfaces, Operating heating and drying equipment, Lifting materials