"BRAZING-MACHINE OPERATOR"

Job Description and Jobs

• 4) Aligns and clamps holding fixtures to machine bed, table, or conveyor, using rule, square, and handtools.

• 5) Aligns and clamps workpieces into fixtures.

• 6) Fills hoppers with flux and positions spout to direct flow, or manually brushes flux onto seams of workpieces.

• 7) Loads reel of brazing wire onto machine holder and threads end through automatic feed rolls.

• 8) Positions preformed pieces of braze alloy along seams of workpiece, or manually applies alloy to seams during brazing.

• 9) Connects hoses from oxygen and fuel gas cylinders to regulator valves and torches.

• 10) Turns valves to start flow of gases, lights torch, and adjusts mixture to obtain flame of desired size and color.

• 11) Turns knobs to synchronize movement of conveyor, rotary table, or oscillating carriage with feed of wire, flux, and brazing action.

• 12) Starts machine which moves workpiece to flame or moves torch to workpiece to melt alloy into seam.

• 13) Moves workpiece away from machine to cool.

• 14) Removes and examines finished pieces for defective seams.

• 15) May dip pieces into water or acid bath to cool and clean them.

• 16) May operate machine which automatically moves pieces before air jet or into cooling chamber.

• 17) May manipulate levers or crank to control movement of machine.

• 18) May bond workpieces with soft solder and be designated Soldering-Machine Operator.

 

 

 

 

 

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