Job Description:

• 1) Sets up mechanical and hydraulic presses to produce powdered-metal parts, such as bearings, gears, filters, and rings according to blueprints and specifications, using handtools: Installs, positions, and aligns dies in press bed.

• 2) Adjusts stroke of ram and punches to specified depth of fill and injection stroke, using handtools, and opens supply hopper valves to regulate flow of powder.

• 3) Starts machine to produce sample parts for inspection.

• 4) Measures dimensions of and weighs parts to ensure parts meet specifications, using micrometer and balance scale.

• 5) May set up sintering furnace.

• 6) May mix powders.