Centerless Grinder
Acme Industrial Company
- Carpentersville, IL
- $18.34-25.92 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Reads blueprint, shop order, or standard charts for product specifications such as dimensions, tolerances, and number of parts to be ground; as well as processing parameters such as grinding speeds, feed rates, holding fixtures, and grinding wheels to be used.
- Mounts grinding wheel and regulating wheel on spindles using wrenches.
- Dresses wheels to specifications, using dressing devices.
- Moves controls to set specified grinding speeds, feed rates, and spacing between wheel faces.
- Positions and secures the work rest at specified height, using wrenches.
- Lifts and positions the workpiece and secures it between wheels and on the work rest.
- Starts machine and observe its operation.
- Verifies dimensions of the ground workpiece for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as micrometers, calipers, and Swede indicators.
- Communicates with co-workers and supervisors to receive instructions and coordinate activities.
- Trains all employees assigned for training.
- Maintains a clean and safe work area and observes safe work practices.
- Must maintain a consistent and acceptable productive rate at the required quality level.
- TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: Between 6 months and 1 year of trade school, vocational education, work experience, or apprenticeship. Familiarity with machine shop practices and equipment is required.
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The employee is required to stand, walk, push, pull, reach overhead, and bend to the floor; exert 20-50 lbs. of force occasionally, exert 10-25 lbs. of force frequently, exert up to 10 lbs. of force constantly to move objects.
- LICENSES REQUIRED: None
- PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Visual Acuity: near acuity and accommodation required for reading machine dial gages, blueprints, shop orders, and precision measuring devices.
- Hearing Ability: Ability to monitor machine sounds to identify and diagnose changes in order to take appropriate actions.
- C) Working Environment: General machine shop conditions. The employee may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.