Apparatus for shooting foundry cores or molds

An apparatus for molding foundry cores comprising

• a support frame,
• a shooting head mounted on said support frame,
• an upper tool mounted on said support frame below said shooting head,
• lower tool,
• a tool change mechanism for supporting said lower tool and moving the same between an operative position located below said upper tool and a withdrawn position, said tool change mechanism being rotatable about a vertical axis and including two tool change frames, with each of said tool change frames being configured to support said lower tool thereupon such that the lower tool may be lifted therefrom,
• a lifting table mounted to said support frame below said operative position of said tool change mechanism and configured for lifting the lower tool from the mechanism and moving the same upwarding against the upper tool to form a mold which may then be filled by said shooting head, and such that when the lifting table is lowered the lower tool and the resulting molded core are separated from the upper tool and the lower tool is repositioned upon said mechanism, and the mechanism is then able to move the lower tool and molded core to said withdrawn position where the molded core may be removed from the lower tool.