How do they match: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Insulation Board Coater Operator
  • Glass Bulb Machine Adjuster
  • Wad Compressor Adjuster

  • Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients.
  • Activate machines to shape or form products, such as candy bars, light bulbs, balloons, or insulation panels.
  • Install, align, and adjust neck rings, press plungers, and feeder tubes.
  • Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines.
  • Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow.

  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate coolant flow.
  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
  • Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.