Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

What Does a Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners Do?

Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Monitor machine operations to determine whether adjustments are necessary, stopping machines when problems occur.
• 2Inspect, feel, and measure workpieces to ensure that surfaces and dimensions meet specifications.
• 3Study blueprints or layouts of metal workpieces to determine grinding procedures, and to plan machine setups and operational sequences.
• 4Select and mount grinding wheels on machines, according to specifications, using hand tools and applying knowledge of abrasives and grinding procedures.
• 5Compute numbers, widths, and angles of cutting tools, micrometers, scales, and gauges, and adjust tools to produce specified cuts.
• 6Turn valves to direct flow of coolant against cutting wheels and workpieces during grinding.
• 7Set up and operate grinding or polishing machines to grind metal workpieces, such as dies, parts, and tools.
• 8Dress grinding wheels, according to specifications.

Required Skills

• ANCA ToolRoom
• Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• IBM Lotus Notes
• Microsoft Excel
• Vero Software Edgecam
• Zoller

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners Salary