Will “Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

91% Chance of Automation

“Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic” will probably be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #560 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

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Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.
Load machine hoppers with mixed materials, using augers, or stuff rolls of plastic dough into machine cylinders.
Select nozzles, spacers, and wire guides, according to diameters and lengths of rods.
Test physical properties of products with testing devices such as acid-bath testers, burst testers, and impact testers.
Replace worn dies when products vary from specifications.
Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.
Operate shearing mechanisms to cut rods to specified lengths.
Adjust controls to draw or press metal into specified shapes and diameters.
Change dies on extruding machines according to production line changes.
Clean work areas.
Maintain an inventory of materials.
Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.
Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.
Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.
Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.
Weigh and mix pelletized, granular, or powdered thermoplastic materials and coloring pigments.