Will AI replace Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?
Oh, absolutely.
Time left: 5 years and 5 months · Group: Production
The official job description
Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.
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What extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic do all day (for now)
Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.
Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.
Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.
Change dies on extruding machines, according to production line changes.
Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.
Replace worn dies when products vary from specifications.
Will AI replace extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic?
Oh, absolutely. By my count you have 5 years and 5 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic?
5 years and 5 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products. The rest follows.