Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine and ovens to mix and dry ingredients used to fabricate carbide cutting-tool inserts, following work orders and charts: Reads work order to determine amount and grade of carbide specified.

• 2) Computes amounts of ingredients required, using charts.

• 3) Scoops ingredients from canisters, and weighs ingredients on scale to obtain specified amounts.

• 4) Pours ingredients into cylindrical-tumbler mixing machine, starts tumbler, and stops it after specified time.

• 5) Pours mixed ingredients into pans, and places them in decarbonizing oven to dry and burn off impurities.

• 6) Removes pans from oven, adds other ingredients, and sifts mixture through screen to obtain powder of even consistency.

• 7) Cleans equipment after each batch.