Open Positions
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Sets up and operates one or more slide-forming machines to automatically punch, cut, and form metal strips and wire by action of opposing rams to fabricate parts, such as spring washers, brackets, and clips, specified by sketches, blueprints, and setup charts: Selects cams, forming tools, and dies according to setup charts.
- Aligns and bolts specified cams to shaft, slides to bed, and forming tools and dies to slides using knowledge of machine operations, product dimensions, vernier calipers, micrometers, and gauges.
- Threads stock through stock straighteners and adjusts cams to synchronize action of slides that feed, cut off, and form part.
- Turns flywheel by hand to produce sample part and compares sample with specifications, using fixed gauges, micrometer, and calipers.
- Readjusts machine to achieve specified product dimensions.
- Starts machine and observes operation periodically gauging parts for conformance to specifications.
- May inspect parts for defects, using shadowgraph.
Required: Extensive hands-on experience or Apprenticeship completion.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits Included: Medical, dental, life insurance, short term disability, paid holidays and vacations
Wages based on experience
Responsibilities and Duties:
- To effectively produce new progressive die builds as per detailed drawings.
- Provide design input.
- Manage all stages of die builds to insure timely completion and quality of tooling projects.
- Capable of operating all Tool Room equipment.
- Troubleshooting skills to diagnose die issues.
- Conduct tryout runs with completed dies in presses to ensure that parts meet specifications.
- Occasional travel may be required due to tool tryout.
- Think outside the box in continuous improvement ideas as well problem solving.
- Perform overtime as necessary when volume of work increases.
- Proficient in using calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
- Capable of working with varied ranges of ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
- CNC or Wire EDM capabilities are a plus.
Required: Extensive hands-on experience or Apprenticeship completion.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits Included: Medical, dental, life insurance, short term disability, paid holidays and vacations
Wages based on experience