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SUMMARY

Operates one or more external grinding machines to grind external cylindrical and tapered surfaces of rotating metal workpieces, such as tool, die, and machine parts, usually for short and long runs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Setup and grind a variety of parts having a number of unusual shoulders or steps, contours or tapers, to extremely close tolerances and high finish requirements.
• Plan rough and finish grinding, select finish grind allowance
• Dresses wheel manually or with preset dressing device
• Moves controls and reads dials to set angle of workpiece between centers, on magnetic chuck, or in chuck jaws, using wrenches
• Turns valve handle and directs flow of coolant against wheel and workpiece and maintaining proper level of coolant
• Verifies dimensions of ground workpiece for conformance to specifications from In-Process drawings, using such measuring instruments as micrometers, dial indicators, and gage blocks
• Maintain gages
• Inspects and measures parts to maintain statistical process control charts including all In-Process dimensions
• Any additional duties as assigned by the team leader or supervisor