- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends battery of automatic deburring machines that remove rough edges from metal slide-fastener links attached to tape. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions carton of stringer (one side of fastener chain) behind machine and threads end through guides, tension bars, and under wire brushes to pickup drum.
* Starts machine and observes passage of stringer through rotating brushes onto receiving drum.
* Examines brushed stringer to verify smoothness of surface.
* Notifies supervisor of machine malfunctioning.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that rough and finish polishes flat watch parts in successive operations. Respnsibilities include:
* Applies polishing agent to lap I surface.
* Positions blocked parts face down on lap under tripod holder, turns on air pressure which forces tripod against blocks, and adjusts machine to polish specified time.
* When machine automatically stops, removes blocks, cleans polished surfaces with tissue and cleansing agent, and inspects parts for scratches and blemishes.
* Verifies thickness of parts with micrometer, and reruns substandard parts.
* Refaces surface of lap on automatic turning machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that rough and finish polishes flat watch parts in successive operations. Respnsibilities include:
* Applies polishing agent to lap I surface.
* Positions blocked parts face down on lap under tripod holder, turns on air pressure which forces tripod against blocks, and adjusts machine to polish specified time.
* When machine automatically stops, removes blocks, cleans polished surfaces with tissue and cleansing agent, and inspects parts for scratches and blemishes.
* Verifies thickness of parts with micrometer, and reruns substandard parts.
* Refaces surface of lap on automatic turning machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that grinds and hones blades and blade edges of articles, such as razors, knives, and garden tools. Respnsibilities include:
* Loads blades in machine hopper or positions blades in holding fixture.
* Starts machine that automatically feeds blades to abrasive wheel or belt.
* Verifies dimensions of blades and keenness of blade edges, using fixed gauges.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that grinds and hones blades and blade edges of articles, such as razors, knives, and garden tools. Respnsibilities include:
* Loads blades in machine hopper or positions blades in holding fixture.
* Starts machine that automatically feeds blades to abrasive wheel or belt.
* Verifies dimensions of blades and keenness of blade edges, using fixed gauges.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends grinding machines that grind internal and external surfaces of metal workpieces to specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine, places workpiece in holding fixture or hopper, and engages automatic feeding device.
* Observes machine operation, and removes and inspects finished workpiece to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as preset gauges, calipers, micrometers, and load test equipment.
* Replaces worn grinding wheel, using handtools.
* Dresses wheel, using preset dressing device.
* May move controls to adjust depth of wheel cut, angle between workpiece and grinding wheel, wheel rotation speed, and feed rate.
* May grind nonmetallic workpieces.
* May prepare production records.
* May be designated centerless-grinder tender; double-spindle-disk grinder tender, spring end; external-grinder tender; internal-grinder tender; knife glazer; surface-grinder tender.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends grinding machines that grind internal and external surfaces of metal workpieces to specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine, places workpiece in holding fixture or hopper, and engages automatic feeding device.
* Observes machine operation, and removes and inspects finished workpiece to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as preset gauges, calipers, micrometers, and load test equipment.
* Replaces worn grinding wheel, using handtools.
* Dresses wheel, using preset dressing device.
* May move controls to adjust depth of wheel cut, angle between workpiece and grinding wheel, wheel rotation speed, and feed rate.
* May grind nonmetallic workpieces.
* May prepare production records.
* May be designated centerless-grinder tender; double-spindle-disk grinder tender, spring end; external-grinder tender; internal-grinder tender; knife glazer; surface-grinder tender.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends lapping machine that grinds flat watch parts to specified thickness. Respnsibilities include:
* Secures parts, shellacked onto surface of metal blocks, to holding fixture that rotates blocks on surface of revolving wheel.
* Spreads oil and abrasive powder over wheel, and adjusts automatic timer to permit grinding for specified period.
* Tests thickness of parts with micrometer.
* Removes parts from block, using brush and cleaning solution, and cleans parts by dipping them into series of cleaning solutions.
* Resurfaces lapping wheel, using automatic turning machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends one or more lapping machines to lap surfaces of metal objects to specifications, usually on production basis. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine and places workpieces in machine or engages automatic feeding mechanism.
* Measures lapped workpieces for conformance to specifications, using instruments, such as preset comparators and surface plate.
* May move controls to adjust lapping speeds, tool pressure, and length of machine cycle.
* May assist machine setter in setting up machine.
* May be required to have experience with particular material or product or with machine of particular type of trade name and be designated Barrel Lapper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends one or more lapping machines to lap surfaces of metal objects to specifications, usually on production basis. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine and places workpieces in machine or engages automatic feeding mechanism.
* Measures lapped workpieces for conformance to specifications, using instruments, such as preset comparators and surface plate.
* May move controls to adjust lapping speeds, tool pressure, and length of machine cycle.
* May assist machine setter in setting up machine.
* May be required to have experience with particular material or product or with machine of particular type of trade name and be designated Barrel Lapper.
Industry:Professional careers
