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Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic - 51-4021.00

Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

51-4011.00	Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic
51-4012.00	Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers
51-4021.00	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4022.00	Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4023.00	Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4031.00	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4032.00	Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4033.00	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4034.00	Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4035.00	Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4041.00	Machinists
51-4051.00	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
51-4052.00	Pourers and Casters, Metal
51-4061.00	Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
51-4062.00	Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
51-4071.00	Foundry Mold and Coremakers
51-4072.00	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4081.00	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Sheet Metal Workers	47-2211.00
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic	51-4011.00
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	51-4033.00
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	51-4035.00
Tool and Die Makers	51-4111.00
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	51-9041.00
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	51-9051.00
Semiconductor Processors	51-9141.00
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	51-9196.00

Adjust controls to draw or press metal into specified shapes and diameters.
Change dies on extruding machines according to production line changes.
Clean work areas.
Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.
Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.
Load machine hoppers with mixed materials, using augers, or stuff rolls of plastic dough into machine cylinders.
Maintain an inventory of materials.
Measure and examine extruded products in order to locate defects, and to check for conformance to specifications; adjust controls as necessary to alter products.
Operate shearing mechanisms to cut rods to specified lengths.
Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.
Replace worn dies when products vary from specifications.
Select nozzles, spacers, and wire guides, according to diameters and lengths of rods.
Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.
Test physical properties of products with testing devices such as acid-bath testers, burst testers, and impact testers.
Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.
Weigh and mix pelletized, granular, or powdered thermoplastic materials and coloring pigments.