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Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Tools and Technology


Tools Include:

  • Abrasive drums (Abrasive wheels)
  • Adjustable wrenches (Adjustable hand wrenches)
  • Hex keys (Allen wrenches)
  • Anvils
  • Power grinders (Bench grinders)
  • Lathes (Bench lathes)
  • Workshop presses (Blanking presses)
  • C clamps
  • Hammers (Claw hammers)
  • Cleaning scrapers
  • Squares (Combination squares)
  • Mainframe console or dumb terminals (Computer terminals)
  • Workshop presses (Computerized numerical control CNC turret punching machines)
  • Punching pliers (Core cutters)
  • Bending machines (Crimping machines)
  • Cutting machines
  • Calipers (Dial calipers)
  • Workshop presses (Die cutting presses)
  • Micrometers (Digital micrometers)
  • Feeler gauges
  • Forklifts
  • Workshop presses (Forming presses)
  • Gage block set (Gauge blocks)
  • Gear cutting tools (Gear-cutting machines)
  • Grease guns
  • Files (Hand files)
  • Nibblers (Hand nibblers)
  • Blow torches (Hand torches)
  • Saws (Handsaws)
  • Hand trucks or accessories (Handtrucks)
  • Induction heaters (Heating furnaces)
  • Workshop presses (Hobbing presses)
  • Hoists (Hoisting equipment)
  • Sharpening stones or tools or kits (Honing stones)
  • Hydraulic press frames (Hydraulic presses)
  • Label making machines (Labeling machines)
  • Scales (Layout scales)
  • Templates (Layout templates)
  • Articulating boom lift (Lift trucks)
  • Locking pliers (Locking hand pliers)
  • Cold chisels (Metal chisels)
  • Scribers (Metal scribers)
  • Milling cutters (Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines)
  • Workshop presses (Multiple punch presses)
  • Cutting machines (Notching machines)
  • Track cranes (Overhead cranes)
  • Pallet trucks (Pallet jacks)
  • Personal computers
  • Power grinders (Portable grinders)
  • Cutting machines (Power guillotine cutters)
  • Power saws
  • Shears (Power shears)
  • Rulers (Precision rulers)
  • Workshop presses (Press brakes)
  • Ear muffs (Protective ear muffs)
  • Protractors
  • Workshop presses (Punch presses)
  • Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
  • Sawing machines
  • Workshop presses (Shear presses)
  • Cutting machines (Shearing machines)
  • Tongs (Sheet metal hand tongs)
  • Shim (Shims)
  • Hammers (Sledgehammers)
  • Cutting machines (Slitting machines)
  • Lathes (Speed lathes)
  • Pressure or steam cleaners (Steam cleaning equipment)
  • Screwdrivers (Straight screwdrivers)
  • Straight edges (Straightedges)
  • Power saws (Table saws)
  • Cutting machines (Thermal cutting machines)
  • Workshop presses (Toggle presses)
  • Taps or dies (Tool dies)
  • Level sensors or transmitters (Transit levels)
  • Tube bending machinery (Tube benders)
  • Workshop presses (Turret presses)
  • Utility knives
  • Calipers (Vernier calipers)
  • Wire brushes

Technologies Include:

  • Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
  • Computerized numerical control CNC software
  • Striker Systems SS-Punch
  • Inventory management software
  • Automated inventory software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word



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