Lafayette, IN30+ days ago
Starts ram that spreads billet into container/die and forces it through press; Regulates rate of extrusion to ensure quality compliance and production metrics; Starts press, manages run-out table and operates butt shear to guide extrusion from press and maintain production; Pulls extrusion along conveyor to stretching table; Sprays die with lubricant to ensure no buildup between tooling stacks; Records data in EPICS, such as crew time, number of billets used, and items processed; May operate fork truck to handle raw material (log) or scrap material at saws; Stretches material based on temper to achieve specific mechanical properties, straightness, flatness, or other quality attributes; Saws material to customers specified length; Continuously looks for ways to improve quality, efficiency, safety, and hygiene of the operation; Performs other required tasks as assigned. Sets up and operates extrusion press to shape hot billets into products, such as bars, tubing, structural shapes, custom profiles, and rods; Installs dies, stem/ram, dummy blocks, shear blades, bolsters, containers, other press tools, and run-out separator in press, according to size and type of product, using overhead 50-ton crane; Operates automated equipment by calling billet from furnace when indicated to keep production steady.