Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Tasks Include:

• Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.
• Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
• Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
• Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
• Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators in order to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
• Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.
• Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.
• Thread or feed sheets or rods through rolling mechanisms, or start and control mechanisms that automatically feed steel into rollers.

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