As with the Linotype / Intertype machines, the Ludlow machines were often fitted with metal feeders to keep the pot filled to optimum level.
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The type metal is poured into ingot molds : small molds for manually feeding the metal pots or larger molds for the metal feeders . ( In the latter case, special attention must be given the eye end as it has to support the weight of the entire ingot; failure often results in it dropping into the pot and splashing molten metal everywhere .)