Job Description:

• 1) Welds fabricated metal products within firing chamber of explosion welding equipment, applying knowledge of metal characteristics and explosives: Spreads buffer material in base part of holding device and spreads explosive powder material in upper part of holding device.

• 2) Positions workpieces in holding device and adjusts to form acute angle.

• 3) Positions device with contents in firing chamber, closes door of chamber, and turns handle to lock door.

• 4) Presses detonator button on firing chamber to trigger explosion that forces holding device to close, locking and joining metal workpieces.

• 5) Unlocks and opens chamber door and removes holding device.

• 6) Opens holding device, removes welded metal workpiece, and places workpiece in receptacle for further processing.