Profession thread rolling machine operator
Thread rolling machine operators set up and tend thread rolling machines designed to form metal workpieces into external and internal screw threads by pressing a thread rolling die against metal blank rods, creating a larger diameter than those of the original blank workpieces.
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Personality Type
- Realistic / Conventional
- Realistic / Investigative
Knowledge
- Thread rolling machine parts
Different parts of a thread rolling machine, such as the radial and vertical roll force, the die block, the moving block, the ram and the vertical roll force sensor, their qualities and applications.
- Types of thread
Types of thread, such as unified thread, metric thread, square thread, ACME thread, buttress thread and their qualities and applications.
Skills
- Supply machine with appropriate tools
Supply the machine with the necessary tools and items for a particular production purpose.
- Tend thread rolling machine
Tend automated or semi-automated thread rolling machine creating threads, monitor and operate it, according to regulations.
- Adjust rolling slide
Use manual switch for adjusting the rolling slide, which holds the die block, of a thread rolling machine.