Job Description:

• 1) Inspects stainless steel tubes for conformance to customer specifications, using eddy current testing equipment: Reads work order to determine tube tolerance specifications required by customer and type of electric inspection coil to use for tube inspecting.

• 2) Positions and secures specified inspection coil in coil holder, and turns cranks to align rollers on which tubes pass through coil for inspection.

• 3) Turns knobs to activate testing equipment.

• 4) Observes pattern on CRT screen and turns knobs to calibrate equipment settings in accordance with customer specifications, using knowledge of equipment operation and experience.

• 5) Selects sample tube with known defects and passes it through coil to test equipment settings.

• 6) Listens for defect detection alarm, depresses button to stop rollers, and observes patterns on CRT screen to ensure that equipment signals and reflects known defects in sample tube.

• 7) Positions tubes to be inspected on rollers, marks locations of detected defects on rejected tubes with marker, and places defective tubes aside.

• 8) Periodically cycles sample tube through coil to verify standard operation of equipment.

• 9) Records information, such as control settings and number of tubes tested, on inspection and production reports.

• 10) Cuts through defective sections of tubing or rubs nicks on tubing to expose internal or remove surface defects, using abrasive saw and paper.