Will AI Replace Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?

Read work orders or blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequences of operations for machine setup.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Position and move metal wires or workpieces through a series of dies that compress and shape stock to form die impressions.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Measure and inspect machined parts to ensure conformance to product specifications.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Set up, operate, or tend presses and forging machines to perform hot or cold forging by flattening, straightening, bending, cutting, piercing, or other operations to taper, shape, or form metal.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Turn handles or knobs to set pressures and depths of ram strokes and to synchronize machine operations.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Install, adjust, and remove dies, synchronizing cams, forging hammers, and stop guides, using overhead cranes or other hoisting devices, and hand tools.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Start machines to produce sample workpieces, and observe operations to detect machine malfunctions and to verify that machine setups conform to specifications.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Confer with other workers about machine setups and operational specifications.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Trim and compress finished forgings to specified tolerances.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Remove dies from machines when production runs are finished.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Repair, maintain, and replace parts on dies.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Select, align, and bolt positioning fixtures, stops, and specified dies to rams and anvils, forging rolls, or presses and hammers.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Sharpen cutting tools and drill bits, using bench grinders.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.