Casting apparatus

A casting apparatus comprising:

• a heater comprising a heating wall defining an interior heating chamber;
• a material supply disposed in the interior heating chamber, the heater configured to provide heat to the material supply;
• a cooler disposed beneath the heater, the cooler comprising:
• a cooling wall defining an interior cooling chamber;
• and
• a cooling plate configured to support a plurality of molds on an upper surface thereof;
• and
• a baffle disposed between the heater and the cooler, the baffle attached to one or both of the heating wall or the cooling wall and extending across the heater and cooler thereby separating the interior cooling chamber from the interior heating chamber, the baffle comprising:
• a plurality of openings, each one of the plurality of openings configured to receive a respective one of the plurality of molds,
• wherein the cooling plate is movable from a first position to a second position, the first position positions the plurality of molds to receive a molten casting material from the material supply while shielding the interior cooling chamber and the cooling plate from the heater and the second position positions the plurality of molds within the interior cooling chamber to solidify the molten casting material in the plurality of molds.