Soldering and Brazing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators

Set up or set up and operate soldering or brazing machines to braze, solder, heat treat, or spot weld fabricated metal products or components as specified by work orders, blueprints, and layout specifications.

Job Task

• Selects torch tips, alloy, flux, coil, tubing and wire, according to metal type and thickness, data charts, and records.
• Sets dials and timing controls to regulate electrical current, gas flow pressure, heating/cooling cycles, and shut-off.
• Connects, forms, and installs parts to braze, heat-treat, and spot-weld workpiece, metal parts, and components.
• Positions, aligns, and bolts holding fixtures, guides, and stops onto or into brazing machine to position and hold workpieces.
• Cleans, lubricates, and adjusts equipment to maintain efficient operation, using airhose, cleaning fluid, and hand tools.
• Examines workpiece for defective seams, solidification, and adherence to specifications, and anneals finished workpiece to relieve internal stress.
• Disconnects electrical current, and removes and immerses workpiece into water or acid bath to cool and clean component.
• Operates and trains workers to operate heat-treating equipment to bond fabricated metal components according to blueprints, work orders, or specifications.
• Manipulates levers to synchronize brazing action or to move workpiece through brazing process.
• Assembles, aligns, and clamps workpieces into holding fixture to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
• Starts machine to complete trial run, readjusts machine, and records setup data.
• Fills hoppers and positions spout to direct flow of flux, or manually brushes flux onto seams of workpieces.

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