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The Casting Process
This may look like dirt...
It starts with a matchplate
The matchplate in the flask
Distributing sand media
Placing sprue forms
Removing the flask
Drag hidden by matchplate
Flask grappler swings away
Drag inspected
Mold segments joined
Entire flask removed
A completed greensand mold
The aluminum "pig"
Ladling molten aluminum
Aluminum poured into mold
Moving to the shakeout
The shakeout
Multiple risers
Sprues and gates removed
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This may look like dirt... 
The matchplate in the flask
Distributing sand media 
Placing sprue forms 
Removing the flask
Drag hidden by matchplate 
Flask grappler swings away 
Drag inspected
Mold segments joined
Entire flask removed 
A completed greensand mold 
The aluminum "pig"
Ladling molten aluminum 
Aluminum poured into mold 
Moving to the shakeout 
The shakeout 
Multiple risers 
Sprues and gates removed 