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Altium Packaging · 7 hours ago

Mold Technician - 1st Shift

Sparta, TN

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Altium Packaging is a company that emphasizes a culture of excellence and integrity. The Mold Technician is responsible for setting up and adjusting machines used to mold plastic materials, ensuring that products meet specified designs and quality standards.

CommercialManufacturingPackaging ServicesPlastics and Rubber Manufacturing

Responsibilities

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 hand tools

Attaches connecting lines, for example 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 also repair and maintain machines and auxiliary equipment, using hand tools and power tools

May also be designated according to type of machine set up as Compression-Molding-Machine Setter (plastic industry), Injection-Molding-Machine Setter (plastics prod)