Rubber Products Machine Operator Stationary Plant & Machine Operators

The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

Avoid the mixing or contamination of materials.

Measure the raw materials prior to their loading in the mixer or in machines, ensuring they conform with the specifications.

Optimise and maintain the parameters of the production process such as flow, temperature or pressure.

Perform tests putting a system, machine, tool or other equipment through a series of actions under actual operating conditions in order to assess its reliability and suitability to realise its …

Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

Check and safely operate machines and equipment required for your work according to manuals and instructions.

Set up the rubber machines as required by specifications, regulating their speed, pressure and temperature.

Load the processing machine with the correct raw or semi-processed materials such as rubber, pigment or other chemicals according to the formula specification.

Oversee the production parameters and conditions, making sure the rubber products quality is as expected.

Perform the selection of the proper materials to be processed, ensuring they are according to specifications.

The most optimal rotation or cycle time and over-all quality of a tool or a machine's processes.

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Add the required colour according to specifications for tinting batch.

Perform the cleaning of mixers in order to prepare them for mixing different types of compounds.

Monitor activities and perform tasks ensuring compliance with standards involving environmental protection and sustainability, and amend activities in the case of changes in environmental legislation. Ensure that the processes are …

Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.

Manage reception of raw materials. Receive raw materials from the suppliers. Check for quality and accuracy and move into the warehouse. Make sure that raw materials are adequately stored until …

Continuously check up on the automated machine's set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in …

Evaluate how much stock is used and determine what should be ordered.

Carry out tests in a laboratory to produce reliable and precise data to support scientific research and product testing.

Perform regular maintenance, possibly including corrections and alterations, on a machine or machine tool to ensure it remains in a proper productive state.

Test processed workpieces or products for basic faults.

Set up the desired product design in the CNC controller of the CNC machine for product manufacturing.

Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.

Keep records of the machine's faults, interventions and irregularities for quality control.

Record data which has been identified specifically during preceding tests in order to verify that outputs of the test produce specific results or to review the reaction of the subject …

Maintain required company records and forms in order to report any defective materials or questionable conditions of manufacturing machinery and equipment.

Report test results with a focus on findings and recommendations, differentiating results by levels of severity. Include relevant information from the test plan and outline the test methodologies, using metrics, …

Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.

Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.

Take the necessary precautions for storing, using and disposing chemical products.

Ensure that products are stored appropriately. Keep in line with safety procedures.

Supervise and organise the area in which products are stored.

Operate the extruder machine and the curing press aiming to cure and extrude rubber products.

Operate the internal mixer and the Two Roll Mill used for raw materials mixing, aiming to have as output dry rubber products.

Prepare the sheets of rubber with the help of the calendar and autoclave machine.

Segregate into batches the raw materials to be further processed.