Will “Machine Welder” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

61% Chance of Automation

“Machine Welder” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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Job Description

Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4122.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 38,380.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 18.00
Currently, there are 46,920 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders”.

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Tasks for “Machine Welder”

Start, monitor, and adjust robotic welding production lines.
Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
Record operational information on specified production reports.
Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
Immerse completed workpieces into water or acid baths to cool and clean components.
Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, or stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
Observe meters, gauges, or machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.
Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
Set dials and timing controls to regulate electrical current, gas flow pressure, heating or cooling cycles, or shut-off.
Select torch tips, alloys, flux, coil, tubing, or wire, according to metal types or thicknesses, data charts, or records.
Turn and press knobs and buttons or enter operating instructions into computers to adjust and start welding machines.
Dress electrodes, using tip dressers, files, emery cloths, or dressing wheels.
Add chemicals or materials to workpieces or machines to facilitate bonding or to cool workpieces.
Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.
Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.
Load or feed workpieces into welding machines to join or bond components.
Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.
Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes.
Devise or build fixtures or jigs used to hold parts in place during welding, brazing, or soldering.
Remove completed workpieces or parts from machinery, using hand tools.
Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
Fill hoppers and position spouts to direct flow of flux or manually brush flux onto seams of workpieces.
Anneal finished workpieces to relieve internal stress.
Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements as necessary.

Related Technology & Tools

Safety goggles
Bench vises
Hydraulic booms
Resistance welding guns
Gas welding torches
Portable welding machines
Slip joint pliers
Dial calipers
Workpiece positioning jigs
Undercut gauges
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Welding electrodes
Layout squares
Soldering robots
Hand scrapers
Hand clamps
Rulers
Computerized numerical control CNC oxy-fuel systems
Power grinders
Magnifiers
Wire brushes
Tongs
Welding torch tips
Single-cut mill saw files
Outside micrometer calipers
Arc welding equipment
Hydraulic winches
Diffusion-welding machines
Vernier micrometers
Welding tip cleaning files
Welding tip dressers
Soldering machines
Claw hammers
Desktop computers
Laser-beam machines
Brazing robots
Chipping hammers
Center punches
Vise grip pliers
Measuring tapes
Product loading equipment
Fillet weld gauges
Side cutting pliers
Cold-welding machines
Welding helmets
Brazing machines
Walk-behind lift trucks
Spot welding guns
Welding robots
Safety gloves
Resistance welding machines
Heating furnaces
Laser cutters
Face masks
Micrometers
Power hoists
Ball peen hammers
C clamps

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