Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by process]
7. [shaping and guiding equipment]
8. [shaping and guiding tools]
9. molds (shaping equipment)
10. casting molds

Narrower term/s

• investments (molds)

Anotations

Scope note:

Temporary, heat-resistant, cohesive, porous molds that capture the fine impression of a model to be reproduced and forms the void into which a molten material will be cast. Investment, green sand, and ceramic shell are examples of refractory molds.