Foundry Moulder Job Descriptions

As a foundry moulder made molds to shape molten metal into castings. The castings would then be used to make parts for use in industries such as aerospace and automotive.
Different methods used to make molds, which could include:
· Mix sand with clay and water to make sand molds, pressing around a pre-formed before pouring in the molten metal
· The resin injection in the sand and then heating to form a hard shell (shell molding resin)

· Make a wax replica of the foundry, the application of heat resistant coatings, and then melt the wax to leave the casting (investment or lost wax casting)
· Put loose sand in a polystyrene standard, pour the molten metal in it then burning the exposed polystyrene out of the foundry
· Make molds heat-resistant metal (die casting)
· Silica gel with Bonding ceramic powders by heating to produce high quality precision casting (Shaw Process).