Heat Treating, Annealing, and Tempering Machine Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Operate or tend machines, such as furnaces, baths, flame-hardening machines, and electronic induction machines, to harden, anneal, and heat-treat metal products or metal parts.

Job Task

• Sets automatic controls, observes gauges, and operates gas or electric furnace used to harden temper, or anneal metal parts.
• Loads parts into containers, closes furnace door, and inserts parts into furnace when specified temperature is reached.
• Covers parts with charcoal before inserting in furnace to prevent discoloration caused by rapid heating.
• Cleans oxides and scale from parts or fittings, using steam spray or immersing parts in chemical and water baths.
• Signals forklift operator to deposit or extract containers of parts into and from furnaces and quenching rinse tanks.
• Tests parts' for hardness, using hardness testing equipment, and stamps heat treatment identification mark on part, using hammer and punch.
• Activates and tends electric furnace that anneals base sections of hardened parts for subsequent machining.
• Examines parts to ensure metal shade and color conform to specifications, utilizing knowledge of metal heat-treating.
• Removes parts from furnace after specified time and air dries or cools parts in water or oil brine or other baths.
• Reduces heat and allows parts to cool in furnace.
• Positions part in fixture, presses buttons to light burners and tends flame hardening machine, according to procedures, to case-harden metal part.
• Adjusts speed and operates continuous furnace through which parts are passed by means of reels and conveyors.
• Sets up and operates die-quenching machine to prevent parts from warping.
• Reads production schedule to determine processing sequence and furnace temperature requirements for objects to be heat treated.

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