A container which keeps the entire casting components inside it during the casting process.

• bobbin
• drum
• moulding flask
• furnace

The lower part of the flask.

• gate
• drag
• cope
• cheek

A vertical channel which connects the pouring basin to the runner.

• creep
• sprue
• drag
• cheek

The actual entry point near the mould cavity.

• creep
• gate
• runner
• cheek

The upper part of the flask.

• gate
• drag
• cope
• cheek

A horizontal channel in the parting line.

• gate
• drag
• runner
• cope

A reservoir of hot molten metal used to feed the mould in case of shrinkage of metal during solidification of a casting.

• gate
• cheek
• riser
• cope

A wooden pattern, also called one piece pattern because of its constructional feature.

• solid pattern
• split pattern
• match plate pattern
• cope and drag pattern

A wooden pattern used for large size castings. It is in the form of a frame outlining the shape of the casting.

• gated pattern
• cope and drag pattern
• skeleton pattern
• loose piece pattern

The portion of the runner where the molten metal enters the mold cavity.

• gate
• cheek
• cope
• drag