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

  • Forming Specialist

  • Calculate draft space and roll speed for each mill stand to plan rolling sequences and specified dimensions and tempers.
  • Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
  • Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
  • Select rolls, dies, roll stands, and chucks from data charts to form specified contours and to fabricate products.
  • Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.

  • Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Reshape metal workpieces to established specifications.
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.