Manual Boring Mill

LocationNovi, MI
Travel Required0-20%
Job Responsibilities

Summary

The Boring Mill Technician sets up, adjusts and operates various sizes of vertical Boring Mills to turn, bore, face, groove, recess, taper, etc. on a variety of standardized work where skill is required to maintain tolerances on related dimensions. Set ups involve some blocking, aligning and securing of work pieces having irregular shapes; greater part of work is of the chucking variety.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials onto machines.
• Calculate dimensions and tolerances using knowledge of mathematics and instruments such as micrometers and vernier calipers.
• Check workpieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated and cooled.
• Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools and power tools, in order to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
• Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
• Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock in order to display placement of cuts.
• Machine parts to specifications using machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
• Maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, shop mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.
• Measure, examine, and test completed units in order to detect defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments such as micrometers.
• Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
• Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
• Position and fasten workpieces.
• Select the appropriate tools, machines, and materials to be used in preparation of machinery work.
• Set controls to regulate machining, or enter commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media.
• Set up, adjust, and operate all of the basic machine tools and many specialized or advanced variation tools in order to perform precision machining operations.
• Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, and engineering information in order to determine methods and sequences of operations needed to fabricate products, and determine product dimensions and tolerances.
• Clean and lubricate machines, tools, and equipment in order to remove grease, rust, stains, and foreign matter.
• Confer with engineering, supervisory, and manufacturing personnel in order to exchange technical information.
• Confer with numerical control programmers in order to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly, and that output will meet specifications.
• Design fixtures, tooling, and experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
• Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
• Evaluate experimental procedures, and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency and adaptability to setup and production.
• Install experimental parts and assemblies such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, and batteries into machines and mechanisms.
• Install repaired parts into equipment, or install new equipment.
• Observe and listen to operating machines or equipment in order to diagnose machine malfunctions and to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
• Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
• Program computers and electronic instruments such as numerically controlled machine tools.
• Set up and operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, and cutting equipment.
• Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
• Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for such purposes as development, standardization, and feasibility of design.
• Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
• Operates single- or multiple-spindle drill press to bore holes to perform machining operations on metal, nonmetallic, or plastic workpieces.
• Installs tool in spindle.
• Selects cutting tool according to instructions and knowledge of metal properties.
• Positions and secures workpiece on table with bolts, jigs, clamps, shims, or other holding devices, using machining hand tools.
• Lays out reference lines and machining locations on work, applying knowledge of shop math and layout techniques, using layout tools.
• Studies machining instructions to determine dimensional and finish specifications, sequence of operation, setup, and tooling requirements.
• Operates tracing attachment to duplicate contours from templates or models.
• Lifts workpiece either manually or with hoist onto machine table, or directs crane operator to lift and position workpiece.
• Verifies conformance of machined work to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, micrometers, and fixed and telescoping gauges.

Do you have what it takes?

Qualifications

• This occupation requires a high school diploma and vocational training or job-related course work is preferred.
• A minimum 2-4 years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for this role.
• Job Training -- Employees in this occupation need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.