Foundries are factories that use a variety of machines to produce metal castings. The machinery used in a foundry includes:

· Melting furnaces: Used to melt metals into a liquid

· Ladles: Used to pour the liquid metal into molds

· Conveyors: Used to move materials around the foundry

· Cranes and forklifts: Used to move materials around the foundry

· Transfer vessels: Used to move materials around the foundry

· Foundry core shooting machines: Used to make sand molds

· Shot blasting machines: Used to blast shot or grit onto materials

· LVMD mixers: Used to mix sand, binders, and additives

· Grinders: Used to grind castings, ingots, billets, and forgings

· Rotor sand mixers: Used to mix sand and binder to create high-quality molds and cores

All foundry equipment is designed to function reliably in the heat of the melt shop.