Will AI replace Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?
Oh hell yes. And sooner than you think.
Time left: 4 years and 5 months · Group: Production
The official job description
Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.
Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.
What cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic do all day (for now)
Measure completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers.
Examine completed workpieces for defects, such as chipped edges or marred surfaces and sort defective pieces according to types of flaws.
Read work orders or production schedules to determine specifications, such as materials to be used, locations of cutting lines, or dimensions and tolerances.
Load workpieces, plastic material, or chemical solutions into machines.
Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.
Start machines, monitor their operations, and record operational data.
Will AI replace cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic?
Oh hell yes. And sooner than you think. By my count you have 4 years and 5 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic?
4 years and 5 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: measure completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers. The rest follows.