How do they match: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Wire Drawing Setter

  • Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

  • Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.
  • Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.

  • Determine production equipment settings.