Job Description:

• 1) Operates battery of automatic machines to twist coil in pointed length of wire and form and attach caps and guards to wire to form safety pins: Installs cutting and forming dies in machine according to size of pin specified, using handtools.

• 2) Lifts reels of cap and guard metal strip onto feed-reel holders, and locks spring clamps to secure reels.

• 3) Scoops pointed wires into gravity feed hopper and starts machine.

• 4) Observes operation to detect jamming of mechanisms and extracts jammed pin parts, using pick, screwdriver, and pliers.

• 5) Measures sample of completed pins for conformance to specifications, such as length, diameter of wire, size of spring coil, and width of pin, using micrometers and fixed gauges.

• 6) Examines pins for malformation of caps or guards and opens and closes pins to test operation.

• 7) Adjusts guides, tension bars, cams, feeder arms, and stops, and synchronizes moving parts of machine to correct malfunctions.

• 8) Replaces broken or worn cutting and forming dies, using machinist's handtools.