Metalforming Standard
- Responsibility:
- Formulate strategies to bend parts.
- Resources:
- Available brake, tooling, drawings, and job order
- What you do
- Documenting process plans
- Decisions you make
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Process planning:
- Multiple bends
- Bending sequence
- Orientation when bending
- Back gage position
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Selecting:
- Machine
- Tools - Punch, V-bottom
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Determining:
- Bend angles
- Bend deductions
- Creation of the flat
- Step bending - depth, spacing, number hits, radius gage
- Joggle - origin, back gage
- Compliance:
- Full
- Evaluation:
- Observation, Part verification, Process verification
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Role: Press Brake Specialist
- Description:
- Press Brake Specialists process plan, program and set up jobs. Execution includes running parts while monitoring and adjusting process, machine, and tool conditions.
- Duty Area 1: Equipment Maintenance
- Duty Area 2: Equipment Setup
- Duty Area 3: Equipment Operations
- Duty Area 4: Quality Control
- Duty Area 5: Documentation
- Duty Area 6: Programming
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