How do they match: Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Quenching Machine Operator

  • Determine types and temperatures of baths and quenching media needed to attain specified part hardness, toughness, and ductility, using heat-treating charts and knowledge of methods, equipment, and metals.
  • Set up and operate die-quenching machines to prevent parts from warping.
  • Signal forklift operators to deposit or extract containers of parts into and from furnaces and quenching rinse tanks.