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Position: Foundry Mold and Coremaker
Organization Name: West Supply LLC
Job Location: Chicago, IL
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Salary Range: $14 to $19
Description
Make or form wax or sand cores or molds used in the production of metal castings. Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.
Education
High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)
Job Responsibilities
● Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.
● 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.
● Move and position workpieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces.
● Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.
● Position cores into lower sections of molds and reassembles molds for pouring.
● Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.
● Cut spouts, runner holes, and sprue holes into molds.
● Operate ovens or furnaces to bake cores or to melt, skim, and flux metal.
● Position patterns inside mold sections and clamp sections together.
● Lift upper mold sections from lower sections and remove molded patterns.
● Rotate sweep boards around spindles to make symmetrical molds for convex impressions.
● Pour molten metal into molds, manually or using crane ladles.
Physical Environment / Working Conditions
● Spend time-bending, crouching, standing, stooping, & lifting for long periods of time throughout the day.
● Must lift 20-40 lbs. on a regular basis and carry/manipulate 50-80 lbs.
● Push/pull up to 100 lbs.
● Handling hazardous materials (sand, binders, solvents, etc.)
● Elevated noise levels (tools and equipment)
● Hot/humid temperatures
● Working with/around potentially hazardous equipment (safety first!)