Tableting Machine Operator
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Summary:
This position produces plastic products through an injection molding process based on customer requirements at an established production rate.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Operates Tableting machine to rate. This may include:
- Inspect parts to check conformance to customer specifications and record results as needed.
- Packs finished parts according to specific packing instructions.
- Keep production and scrap records up to date per work instructions and procedures.
- Cleans up work area at shift end or job completion.
- Follow 5S requirements.
- Assist in problem solving and corrective actions for customer generated or initial corrective actions.
- Assure proper identification all materials; includes manufactured product, hoppers, grinders and material containers.
- Filling: Responsible for making sure Powder flows from the hopper into the feed frame, settling into the die cavity atop the punch.
- Metering: punch adjusts to a preset fill depth, forcing excess powder out of the die cavity to ensure exact and uniform tablet weight.
- Compression: The punches are pressed together inside the die by heavy compression rolls. The applied force dictates the hardness of the tablet.
- Ejection: The one punch retracts while the other punch rises, pushing the finished tablet out of the die cavity so it can be swept down the discharge chute.