Patent ID: 7543626

Claim:
A casting apparatus for casting parts, comprising a plurality of core mold assembly units configured within an external drag flask assembly and an external cope flask assembly; wherein said core mold assembly units include at least one riser vent; at least one filling gate; mold components formed from molding sand each mated at a common split line defining a mold cavity which replicates the exterior features of said cast parts; wherein said external drag flask assembly includes a drag flask; a drag flask lining; a drag runner; and a drag runner support; wherein said external cope flask assembly includes a cope flask; a cope flask lining; at least one cope riser vent; at least one cope sprue filling port that allows molten metal to be poured through said cope sprue filling port; a cope runner which embodies at least one cope runner sprue filling port that allows molten metal to be poured through said cope runner sprue filling port; and a cope runner support.