Electrical Discharge Machine Set Up Operator: A description for the electrical discharge machine set up operator job
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Electrical Discharge Machine Set Up Operator – Sets up and operates one or more electrical-discharge machines to shape metal workpieces to specifications, following standard charts and manuals, and applying knowledge of electrical-discharge machining processes and methods, electric currents and circuitry, metal properties, and shop mathematics: Examines blueprint of product and plans operations. Positions and secures workpiece on machine table with clamps, vise, or fixture. Positions and secures electrode in holder on surface plate, verifying concentricity, alignment, and depth, using measuring instruments, for example calipers and dial indicators. Mounts electrode and holder on machine spindle, using vernier dials on machine to verify alignment of electrode and workpiece. Positions gauge blocks, dial indicator, and spindle stop on machine so that descending electrode will stop at specified depth when indicator feeler point touches gauge blocks. Turns valve to adjust flow of dielectric coolant over electrode and workpiece or to immerse them in circulating bath. Turns controls to adjust machine setting, for example voltage, current, frequency, and electrode feed rate, according to information on charts or knowledge of electrical discharge machining procedures. Starts machine and observes beginning of operation. May also move controls to rotate electrode or workpiece. May also inspect completed workpiece visually and with templates and other measuring instruments. May also compute settings from specifications and knowledge of machine capacities. May also give TOOL MAKER (machine shop) 601.280-042 specifications, for example allowances between blueprint dimensions and dimensions of electrode to be made. Important variables may also be indicated by trade names of machine used.
Job industry: machine shop
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