Abstract: An apparatus is provided comprising two independent driving units: a main squeeze cylinder moving flask-and-pattern accessories to a squeeze board and an auxiliary actuating cylinder transferring the pattern along the line of molding. The auxiliary actuating cylinder is built into a pedestal mounted on the main squeeze cylinder piston rod and connected with the pattern by quick-release sectional lock-type clamping means of the hook-slot type enabling a shuttle mechanism carrying the flask-and-pattern accessories to be transferred from station to station. The pedestal is mounted at the compacting station so that is is capable of functioning as a sand jolting mechanism.