Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Set up, operate, or tend forging machines to taper, shape, or form metal or plastic parts.

Job Task

• Starts machine, produces sample workpiece, and observes operations to detect machine malfunction and ensure setup conforms to specifications.
• Marks layout, verifies dimensions, and measures, weighs and inspects machined parts to ensure conformance to product specifications.
• Trims and compresses finished forgings to specified tolerances.
• Confers with other workers regarding setup and operational specifications of machines.
• Sharpens cutting tools and drill bits, using bench grinder.
• Adjust temperature controls of furnace in which rods are heated.
• Positions and moves metal wire or workpiece through series of dies to compress and shape stock to form die impressions.
• Reads blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequence of operations to set up machines.
• Selects, aligns, and bolts positioning fixtures and stops and specified dies to ram and anvil, forging rolls, or presses and hammers.
• Turns handles or knobs to set pressure and depth of ram stroke, and synchronize machine operations.
• Installs and adjusts or removes and replaces dies, synchronizing cams, forging hammer, and stop guides, according to specifications.

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