Job Description:

• 1) Sets up various sizes and types of multiple-operation slide forming machines to automatically punch, cut, and bend metal strips or wire to fabricate parts, such as clips, brackets, and hairpins, as specified by blueprints and setup charts: Selects and installs cams, center post, and ram slide, and computes feed length position of cams and dies, applying knowledge of geometry and product dimensions.

• 2) Aligns and bolts cams to shaft, slides to machine bed, and progressive dies to stationary shoes and cam actuated slides, using micrometers, gauges, feelers, rules, and handtools.

• 3) Adjusts position of cams to synchronize action of rams, cutters, and drive rolls that feed stock.

• 4) Turns flywheel by hand to produce sample part, and compares part with specifications, using fixed gauges, micrometer, and calipers.

• 5) Readjusts position of dies and cams to achieve specified shape and dimension.

• 6) Turns machine over to FOUR-SLIDE-MACHINE OPERATOR II.

• 7) May sharpen and repair dies, using engine lathes, milling machines, precision grinders, hand files, and scrapers.