Metalforming Standard
- Responsibility:
- Installing die and materials in equipment with various configurations.
- Resources:
- Access to equipment, dies, materials, process plans, setup documents, and hand tools
- What you do
- Aligning dies to the feedline
- Securing dies in the press machines
- Adjusting feedline to accommodate the dies and materials
- Decisions you make
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Determining:
- If die locators have defects that interfere with alignment
- If mating surfaces require conditioning
- Best method to align and secure dies
- Press shut height
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Verifying settings:
- Straightener
- Feed Length
- Part and scrap escapement
- Die protection
- Compliance:
- Full
- Evaluation:
- Observation, Process verification
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Role: Die Setting Specialist
- Description:
- Die Setting Specialists set up equipment to run unproven jobs; install dies in press and load materials into dies or through processing equipment; run and inspect parts while monitoring and adjusting process, equipment and tool conditions; assists in formulating strategies to produce parts.
- Duty Area 1: Equipment Maintenance
- Duty Area 2: Equipment Operations
- Duty Area 3: Planning
- Duty Area 4: Equipment Setup
- Duty Area 5: Quality Control
- Duty Area 6: Documentation
Roles with identical duty:
Statistics:
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- Acceptance - This stat is the percentage of SMEs that accept this role or duty as Industry-Recognized
- Usage - This stat is the percentage of SMEs that state their employer assigns this duty in the workplace