MOLD SETTER

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Sets up and adjusts automatic compression, injection, or transfer machines used to mold plastic materials to specified shape, following blueprints, and utilizing knowledge of machine functions: Reads specifications to determine machine setup and prescribed temperature and time settings. Positions, aligns, and secures assembled mold or mold components, and machine accessories, onto machine press bed, according to guide marks, using hoist, power tools, and handtools. Attaches connecting lines, such as air, oil, or water to mold, and adjusts controls to regulate mold temperature. Sets machine controls and turns dials to regulate specified machine forming pressure and plastic curing time in mold. Starts machine to produce sample product. Measures and visually inspects sample product for surface and dimensional defects, using microscope, micrometer, and gauges, and adjusts machine setup to eliminate defects. May repair and maintain machines and auxiliary equipment, using handtools and power tools. May be designated according to type of machine set up as Compression-Molding-Machine Setter (plastic prod.); Injection-Molding-Machine Setter (plastics prod.). (references)
	Assembles molds for casting contact lenses, using handtools, and inspects cast lenses for conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments: Selects mold and mold inserts. Positions inserts in mold and shims inserts as indicated by mold insert records. Sets holding pins, using wrench, and routes mold to CONTACT-LENS MOLDER (optical goods). Breaks seal on mold after casting and prys mold apart, using screwdriver and handpress. Peels lens and flashing from mold, using scalpel-like knife. Cuts lenses apart and places lenses in storage box. Inspects lenses, using power determining and optical centering instruments, thickness gauge, shadowgraph, and loupe magnifier, to verify correctness of characteristics, such as inside curve dimension and power, and to detect defects, such as scratches. Alters position of mold inserts to correct lens thickness, using shims. Cleans mold with solvent or routes mold to grinding room for polishing to eliminate defects. (references)
	Positions and aligns molds used for hand or machine casting lead parts, such as grids, battery posts, and straps: Positions and secures mold on bed of machine, using handtools. Adjusts timing mechanism to coordinate flow of lead and coolant to molds. May oversee workers engaged in hand or machine casting. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: MOLD SETTER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-l-m-o-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: dotterels.
	-2 letters: dotterel, dottrels, modelers, modester, molested, molester, morseled, mottlers, remodels, remotest, tetrodes.
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	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-l-m-o-r-s-t-t"
	+2 letters: dilatometers.
	+3 letters: dilatometries.
	+4 letters: overstimulated.
	+5 letters: demonstratively, tatterdemalions.
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