Career - Plastics and Composites Processor

Plastics and Composites Processors will check machine settings and safety devices before their operation, set controls and start machines and will mix and prepare materials to be moulded. They will prepare moulds or tooling for required lay-up and will interpret material requirements and quantities for required lay-up. They will regulate the machine temperatures, pressures and speeds of operation of manually operated and semi-automatic equipment and will extract mouldings and extrusions, cut off waste material, and trim and finish moulded components in accordance with machine cycle and quality specifications. They will assemble, install or secure moulded-in components and control feeding devices for wire and cable coating. They will control blending, compounding and drying equipment and also maintain production and quality assessment records. They will apply surface coatings to moulds and core materials like foam, balsa and honeycomb structures to the laminate. They will also apply resin/reinforcement matrix by hand or by machine and adjust resin chemicals for current conditions. They will use and select required ionising techniques for combining materials and will trim and finish parts for assembly or final bonding and will keep up to date with new and emerging technologies.

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