What tools and equipment do casters use?

Casters use a wide variety of casting tools and equipment. To heat the metal to high temperatures for refining or casting, you use a forge, oven, or furnace. These forges can be coal, gas, oil, or electric powered, and they have control systems you need to operate. Pourers and casters also use hand-controlled equipment to pour molten metal into ingots or castings. Setters, operators, and tenders must know how to program and operate casting or coremaking machines.