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FLAME-BRAZING-MACHINE OPERATOR

Specialty Definition: FLAME-BRAZING-MACHINE OPERATOR

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Occupations

Sets up and operates thermal brazing machine which bonds components of fabricated metal products as specified by work orders, blueprints, and data charts: Selects torch tips, braze alloy, and flux, according to type and thickness of metal, data charts, or previous brazing record. Screws tips to torches. Positions and clamps torches at specified distance and angle to workpiece. Aligns and clamps holding fixtures to machine bed, table, or conveyor, using rule, square, and handtools. Aligns and clamps workpieces into fixtures. Fills hoppers with flux and positions spout to direct flow, or manually brushes flux onto seams of workpieces. Loads reel of brazing wire onto machine holder and threads end through automatic feed rolls. Positions preformed pieces of braze alloy along seams of workpiece, or manually applies alloy to seams during brazing. Connects hoses from oxygen and fuel gas cylinders to regulator valves and torches. Turns valves to start flow of gases, lights torch, and adjusts mixture to obtain flame of desired size and color. Turns knobs to synchronize movement of conveyor, rotary table, or oscillating carriage with feed of wire, flux, and brazing action. Starts machine which moves workpiece to flame or moves torch to workpiece to melt alloy into seam. Moves workpiece away from machine to cool. Removes and examines finished pieces for defective seams. May dip pieces into water or acid bath to cool and clean them. May operate machine which automatically moves pieces before air jet or into cooling chamber. May manipulate levers or crank to control movement of machine. May bond workpieces with soft solder and be designated Soldering-Machine Operator (welding). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FLAME-BRAZING-MACHINE OPERATOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4C 41 4D 45 2D 42 52 41 5A 49 4E 47 2D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45      4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001100 01000001 01001101 01000101 00101101 01000010 01010010 01000001 01011010 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#76 &#65 &#77 &#69 &#45 &#66 &#82 &#65 &#90 &#73 &#78 &#71 &#45 &#77 &#65 &#67 &#72 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#32 &#79 &#80 &#69 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004C 0041 004D 0045 002D 0042 0052 0041 005A 0049 004E 0047 002D 004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 004E 0045      004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40463547391536523560434841154735374243483924950395235544952

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