Career Details :: Metal-Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
Description
Set up or set up and operate metal-molding, casting, and coremaking machines to mold or cast metal parts and products, such as tubes, rods, automobile trim, carburetor housings, and motor parts. Machines include: die casting and continuous casting machines, and roll-over, squeeze, and shell-molding machines.
Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
Education
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
Tasks
- Stacks and mounts rotor core laminations over keyed mandrel of casting machine, and removes and stamps rotor with identifying data.
- Preheats die sections with torch or electric heater.
- Inspects castings and core slots for defects, using fixed gauges.
- Loads die sections into machine, using equipment such as chain fall or hoist, and secures in position, using hand tools.
- Connects water hose to cooling system of die, using hand tools.
- Cleans and lubricates casting machine and dies, using air hose and brushes.
- Pours molten metal into cold-chamber machine or cylinders, using hand ladle.
- Repairs or replaces worn or defective machine parts and dies.
- Loads metal ingots or aluminum bars into melting furnace and transfers molten metal to reservoir of die casting machine.
- Lines cylinder pot with asbestos strips and disk to prevent chilling.
- Obtains and moves specified pattern to workstation, manually or using hoist, and secures pattern to machine, using wrenches.
- Removes castings from dies and dips castings in water to cool, using pliers or tongs.
- Moves controls to start, set, or adjust casting, molding, or pressing machines.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
Important Skills
- Operation and Control
- Product Inspection
- Operation Monitoring
- Equipment Selection
- Equipment Maintenance
Frequent Work Context
- Degree of Automation
- Indoors
- Hazardous Equipment
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Consequence of Error
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