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"INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE TENDER"
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Job Description:

  • 1) Tends injection-molding machines that form plastic or rubber products, such as typewriter keys, phonograph records, and luggage handles: Dumps plastic powder, preformed plastic pellets, or preformed rubber slugs into hopper of molding machine.

  • 2) Starts machine that automatically liquefies pellets, slugs, or powder in heating chamber, injects liquefied material into mold, and ejects molded product.

  • 3) Observes gauges to ensure specified molding temperature and pressure are maintained.

  • 4) Examines molded product for surface defects, such as dents and cracks.

  • 5) May heat plastic material over steamtable or in oven to prepare material for molding.

  • 6) May remove product from mold, using handtools.

  • 7) May trim flash from product, using shears or knife.

  • 8) May place product in cold water or position it on cooling fixture to prevent distortion.

 

 

 


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DOT:   556.685-038

Job Number: 5133