The main equipment of the foundry may be stated as follows:

(1) Moulding sands in bins, and other moulding materials.

(2) Flasks in which moulds are made.

(3) Moulders' tools and accessories used in making moulds.

(4) One or more traveling cranes equipped with various lifting and transporting appliances.

(5) Usually two or more cupolas for melting pig and scrap cast iron.

Fig. 119. - A Moulding Floor.

(6) A reverberatory oil or coal furnace for melting bronze or brass for large castings.

(7) A crucible furnace for melting brass.

(8) Ladles for holding molten metals.

(9) A drying room or "oven" for drying dry sand and loam moulds.

(10) A core oven for drying or "baking" cores.

(11) Equipment for cleaning castings, as wire brushes, emery wheel, and tools for cutting fins and other refuse parts from castings, tumbling barrels, etc.

Moulding machines are used to make small moulds in foundries which turn out duplicate work. There are several subsidiary machines for foundry use, such as sand mixers, clay grinders, etc., but these are not universally needed. Fig. 119 shows a view of a moulding floor of a foundry.