Molding box

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As a foundry object , the molding box forms the solid frame for the casting mold, which enables it to be dismantled, moved and reassembled without damaging it, and which also offers sufficient resistance to the pressure of the liquid metal during casting to prevent the mold from drifting apart under that pressure close. Molding boxes are mainly made of metal with a square, rectangular, round or polygonal cross section. Normally, two such frames with the same cross-section are used to produce a casting mold, which are referred to as the upper and lower box of a mold and the connection of which forms the mold dividing plane.