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Trimming-Machine Operator

DOT Code: 690.682-090

Industry: button & notion
Alternate Titles: button broacher

Sets up and operates automatic machine to force steel pins through thread-holes of plastic buttons to remove molding flash: Selects numbered dial feed-plate and pin-holding chuck according to size and type of button and installs them in machine, using wrenches. Turns setscrews to align dial plate and pin-holder to ensure that pins will be centered in thread-holes of buttons. Pours buttons into hopper, using hand scoop. Observes feeding of buttons into dial pockets and action of pin-driving and ejecting mechanism. Examines buttons for defects and adjusts machine as required. Removes filled containers from beneath ejection chute and places them on bench or handtruck.

GOE: 06.02.02 STRENGTH: M GED: R3 M2 L2 SVP: 4 DLU: 77