5-Axis & EDM Operator

Overview & Responsibilities

Job Description

To set up and operate tooling mill, robot for graphite mill, 5 Axis mill, 5 axis EDM graphite machine and EDM machine to perform a variety of turning, boring, facing, milling, grooving, slotting, keyway machining, and all required set up of 5 Axis milling machine and EDM machines for finished milled component parts for turbines, compressors, or any Elliott manufactured parts.

Responsibilities

• Receives detailed instructions from supervision.

• Received parts to be machined and detailed drawings.

• Verifies that raw material, drawing and tooling are in agreement with work order book from which they perform work.

• Obtains drawings, tools, and materials as needed. Rebuilds, adjusts, changes, grinds and modifies tools as required, while maintain department tool inventory.

• Sets up machine by installing and adjusting tools, positioning and aligning fixtures, parts, clamps, setting feeds and speeds.

• Submits pieces on machine.

• Positions pieces on machine.

• Performs various turning, boring, facing, milling, keyway machining, polishing, etc., operations as specified or required.

• Uses measuring devices and ensures accuracy of measuring devices and gages as required.

• Burrs and polishes all parts to a final finished condition using hand tools and any specialized machines. Deburrs parts as required.

• Adjusts, changes and dresses tools as required.

• Grinds non “T” number tools from blanks as required.

• Lubricates machine as required, wipes and keeps machine, tools and workplace clean and in proper place. Does other minor tasks o include checking gages, flow meters, coolant strength, air filters, etc. as well as logging RFID data from preventive maintenance monitoring equipment, using handheld RFID collector and the necessary PC software.

• Reports defective material, equipment and tooling to appropriate management personnel.

• Observes all safety rules

• Reports production count, time and identifying data by use of data collecting machines.

• Performs necessary operations to establish set up points, on parts being set up, in their own machining cell.

• Inserts taper of downloads CNC program to the machine control using DNC. Operates machines manually as necessary.

• Presses proper CNC or other machine control buttons to initiate machining cycle.

• Uses forklift truck, hoists, cranes and other material handling equipment as required.

• Perform crane hooking as required.

• Identifies parts.

• Creates simple CNC programs using the machine controls MDI capability.

• Edits CNC program using the machine editing capability. Records data or changes on manuscript and set-up sheets as required.

• Updates edited CNC program to file server or network.

• Completes set-up sheets and records programs and other pertinent data as required.

• Stores programmed machining data on tape punch, floppy disks or retains in memory as required.

• Makes adjustments to the machining cycle as required to make parts from drawing.

• Reviews the daily workload schedule.

• Interprets drawings (part and tool) and sketches, special engineering instructions, short forms and instructions.

• Performs all necessary set-up and machining operations for the VBM’s and 5 Axis mills to manufacture required parts.

• Performs all part and tool verification requirements using various measuring instruments and machine probe systems including completing of data sheets.

• Utilizes DNC Network

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Must be able and willing to work 1st (7am-3pm), 2nd (3pm-11pm) and 3rd (11pm-7am) shifts. Shifts are not guaranteed and are subject to shift realignment. 

• Must be able and willing to work overtime, weekends and holidays.

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