Shock absorber pad of molded fibers for the drop casting of ingots

In combination with an ingot mold for the drop casting of ingots a shock absorber pad of molded fibers constituted by a plate of molded fibers insertable in said ingot mold, said plate comprising an assembly of cups disposed in files and rows connected by a flat thick web uniting their upper edges, said web having perforations therethrough between the edges of said cups and semi-cylindrical valleys in the upper surface of said web interconnecting the cups in said files and rows.

A shock absorber pad of molded fibers for the drop casting of ingots constituted by a plate of molded fibers, said plate comprising an assembly of cups disposed in files and rows connected by a flat thick web uniting their upper edges, said web having perforations therethrough between the edges of said cups and semi-cylindrical valleys in the upper surface of said web interconnecting the cups in said files and rows, the cups of one of the files or rows on one of the edges of the pad having a smaller diameter and width than the cups of the file or row of the opposite edge of the pad and the semi-cylindrical valleys in said web interconnecting the cups of said one file or row having a smaller diameter than the valleys interconnecting the cups of said opposite edge file or row, whereby said smaller cups and valleys along said one edge of one said pad can nest in the cups and valleys along said opposite edge of an adjacent said pad.