Melt and Pour Level 3
United Stars Holdings, Inc.•Waukesha, WI
•Onsite
About The Position
This position is responsible for various tasks within the Melt & Pour department, including pouring, ladle repair, furnace operation, and melt scheduling. The role requires adherence to specific procedures, safe work practices, and maintaining quality standards. The employee will also be responsible for maintaining a clean work area and performing other duties as assigned by their supervisor.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
- Requires the use of basic arithmetic functions such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing along with reading and understanding shop paperwork.
- Must have the ability to lift up to 75 pounds.
Responsibilities
- Proper weight & clamp placement per size of mold before pouring
- Proper inspection of sprue & risers to be correct and any debris removed
- Read master for requirements and special instructions
- Proper pouring technique (even stream, pour box full, proper height of riser)
- Proper gas removal technique as pouring
- Placement of hot topping and heat tags after pour
- Removal of clamps & weights when cool
- Place ladles on preheater and safely light
- Knock out, replace, or repair lining in ladles (including safety liner)
- Make ceramic pot for hand shank
- Use heat log as reference to weigh raw materials, revert & deoxidizers to correct weight (additions included)
- Deliver correct charges to correct deck in order of planned pours
- Perform Cycle counts
- Set up and organize molds for desired alloy and quantity to be poured
- Stamp heat tags with heat number of heat to be poured
- Record correct data of what was poured on each heat including pouring temps, test material, serial numbers, samples
- Maintain Heat Identification log, ladle log & test bar log
- Confirm charge materials against heat log
- Melt heats of metal per Melting Induction Furnace SOP ME2.0 & alloy procedure for that alloy
- Maintain Induction Furnace log
- Patch furnace lining as needed
- Knock out & reline wet ram & dry vibe furnaces
- Patch furnace coil
- Maintain furnace installation reports
- Replace argon lines as needed
- Melt per specific procedures following safe work practices and bringing up quality issues as they arise
- Maintain proper housekeeping for work area
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
