Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates machine to bend metal structural shapes, such as bars, rods, angles, pipes, and tubes, to angle or contour specified by work order, drawings, templates, or layout: Selects and bolts holding clamp, die block, and guide clamp to machine.

• 2) Positions and clamps end stops on machine to set specified location of bend.

• 3) Inserts or screws plug stops into guide wheel to set specified degree of bend.

• 4) Positions workpiece against end stop.

• 5) Locks holding clamp and guide clamp onto workpiece.

• 6) Lubricates workpiece with oil.

• 7) Starts turntable that draws workpiece through guide clamp around die block until stopped by plug stops or until dial indicator points to specified degree of bend.

• 8) May slide mandrel into tubing instead of using guide clamp.

• 9) May preheat workpiece, using hand torch or heating furnace.

• 10) May use hand-powered bending machine for short runs.

• 11) May fill tubes or pipe with sand, resin, or lead to prevent wrinkling or collapsing during bending operation.

• 12) May heat tube, using torch, and manually bend tube or pipe around forming blocks.

• 13) May flare tube ends, using tube flarer and cut or trim metal stock to length, using power shears or saws.

• 14) May be designated according to type of stock bent as Pipe-Bending-Machine Operator; Rod-Bending-Machine Operator I; Tube-Bending-Machine Operator I.