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Form of workEssential Functions:
- Troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains stamping dies through a variety of standard methodology.
- Assemble and disassemble dies to perform repairs, maintenance and corrective action.
- Performs preventive maintenance to ensure that dies are as production ready as possible.
- Maintains logs and appropriate records on die maintenance.
- Participates in tool design.
- Performs a variety of welding applications to repair broken tool steels as capable.
- Studies specifications such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions, and visualizes product to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate parts. Performs inspection functions to specified standards with assistance of operator and/or Quality Assurance personnel, as required to verify tool work.
- Assists in development of detection methods and devices
- Computes dimensions, plans layout, and determines methods for sequence of operations.
- Measures, marks, and scribes metal stock for machining.
- Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathes, milling machine, drills, saws, and surface grinders, to machine parts, and verifies conformance of machined parts to specifications. Smooth flat and contoured surfaces with power hand grinders.
- Ensures that dies are properly tagged when leaving the tool room.
- Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances.
- Examines standard or previously used dies, tools, and jigs and fixtures, and recommends design modifications regarding construction and function of part.
- Has basic knowledge of press operations.
- Communicates problems and estimated repair times to production as accurately as possible.
- Assists with set up problems, as required.
- Maintains communication within the department and with other departments.
