Job Description
We have multiple roles available for openings, including Gears Apprentice, Buffing/Debur department, CNC programming, and engineering.
In this role, the employee will be working with a seasoned gear cutter, learning how to run the different Fellows and Hobb machines. A gear cutter must be checking their parts in real time as they are producing them, ensuring quality in each cut. Familiarity with runout, gear sizes, and mechanical knowledge is imperative.
Sets up and operates one or more gear shaping machines to machine splines or gear teeth in metal blanks, according to machining instructions and knowledge of gear types and gear shaping procedures: Reads machining instructions or blueprints to determine machine settings, holding fixtures and cutters to use, and gear type, dimensions, tolerances, and number of teeth to be cut and shaped.
Verifies conformance of machined gears to specifications, using micrometers, master gears, gear measuring wires, and special gear inspection equipment.