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

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

  • Drop Forge Hand
  • Forge Hand
  • Forging Machine Hand
  • Spring Salvage Worker

  • Confer with other workers about machine setups and operational specifications.
  • Install, adjust, and remove dies, synchronizing cams, forging hammers, and stop guides, using overhead cranes or other hoisting devices, and hand tools.
  • Position and move metal wires or workpieces through a series of dies that compress and shape stock to form die impressions.
  • Read work orders or blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequences of operations for machine setup.
  • Start machines to produce sample workpieces, and observe operations to detect machine malfunctions and to verify that machine setups conform to specifications.
  • Turn handles or knobs to set pressures and depths of ram strokes and to synchronize machine operations.

  • Maneuver workpieces in equipment during production.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Trim excess material from workpieces.