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

What Does a Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Do?

Set up, operate, or tend machines to roll steel or plastic forming bends, beads, knurls, rolls, or plate, or to flatten, temper, or reduce gauge of material.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
• 2Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.
• 3Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.
• 4Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
• 5Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
• 6Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
• 7Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.
• 8Calculate draft space and roll speed for each mill stand to plan rolling sequences and specified dimensions and tempers.

Required Skills

• Monitoring
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Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary