A professional who sets up mechanical and hydraulic presses to produce powdered-metal parts, such as bearings, gears, filters, and rings according to blueprints and specifications, using handtools. Respnsibilities include:

• Installs, positions, and aligns dies in press bed.
• Adjusts stroke of ram and punches to specified depth of fill and injection stroke, using handtools, and opens supply hopper valves to regulate flow of powder.
• Starts machine to produce sample parts for inspection.
• Measures dimensions of and weighs parts to ensure parts meet specifications, using micrometer and balance scale.
• May set up sintering furnace.
• May mix powders.