Tableting Machine Operator

Job Description

Job Description

Summary:

This position produces plastic products through an injection molding process based on customer requirements at an established production rate.

 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Operates Tableting machine to rate.  This may include:

• Inspect parts to check conformance to customer specifications and record results as needed.

• Packs finished parts according to specific packing instructions.
• Keep production and scrap records up to date per work instructions and procedures.
• Cleans up work area at shift end or job completion.

• Follow 5S requirements.
• Assist in problem solving and corrective actions for customer generated or initial corrective actions.
• Assure proper identification all materials; includes manufactured product, hoppers, grinders and material containers. 
• Filling: Responsible for making sure Powder flows from the hopper into the feed frame, settling into the die cavity atop the punch.
• Metering: punch adjusts to a preset fill depth, forcing excess powder out of the die cavity to ensure exact and uniform tablet weight.
• Compression: The punches are pressed together inside the die by heavy compression rolls. The applied force dictates the hardness of the tablet.
• Ejection: The one punch retracts while the other punch rises, pushing the finished tablet out of the die cavity so it can be swept down the discharge chute.