Easter Seals Jobs

Job Summary:

Reads and interprets blueprints, planning sheets, sketches, layout, job orders and related technical data for product specifications such as dimensions and tolerances, and tooling instructions such as fixtures, feed rates, cutting speeds, depth of cut, and determines setup procedures, control settings, material requirements, machining methods, grinding operations and sequence of operations. Sets up and operates precision gear grinding or spline grinding machines with special indexing equipment to grind master and precision gears.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Computes machine indexing ratios and cam dimensions for specified spacing and contour of gear teeth.
• Selects index plate, cams, grinding wheel, feed rates, grinding speed, and depth of cut.
• Positions and secures index plate, cams, and grinding wheel in machine.
• Sets up automatic dressing device to dress wheel to specified profile.
• Moves controls to set synchronized rotation speeds and feed rates.
• Positions and secures workpiece on mandrel between centers or in chuck, and turns hand-wheels to position workpiece and wheel, verifying positions with thickness gauges, dial indicators, and micrometers.
• Turns valve handle and directs flow of coolant against wheel and workpiece.
• Moves controls to index workpiece and feed wheel to workpiece, adjusting depth of cut in part by sight and feel.
• Verifies dimensions of ground workpiece for conformance to specifications.
• Grinds tooling.
• Changes worn tools and cleans machine, tooling, and parts.
• Computes widths, angles of cutting tools, micrometers, scales, and gauges, and adjusts tools to produce specified cuts.
• Performs light machine maintenance (check oil and coolant levels).