Job Description:

• 1) Operates friction-welding machine to join metal components, according to work orders, specification tables, and diagrams: Installs, aligns, and adjusts fixtures and stops, using handtools and precision measuring devices, such as micrometers, calipers, verniers, and gauges.

• 2) Positions parts to be welded into rotating and stationary cylinders of machine holding devices and aligns cylinders in parallel position, using wrench.

• 3) Turns knobs to regulate speed and timing of rotating cycle and pressure force of stationary cylinder.

• 4) Presses button to activate machine motor and depresses pedal to start friction-welding cycle to perform trial run.

• 5) Removes welded parts from machine, using wrench.

• 6) Periodically inspects workpieces, using precision measuring devices.

• 7) May perform maintenance operations before and after machine functioning, such as greasing machine, adjusting tension of drive belts, and maintaining specified level of hydraulic fluids and coolants.