Slitter Machine Operator

• Sets up and operates slitting machine to cut sheet metal into strips of specified widths.
• Selects, cleans, and installs spacers and cutters on arbors, and hones cutters with oilstone to remove nicks.

• Presses button to lower arbor until cutters mesh, and measures clearance with a feeler gauge.

• Inserts spacers to adjust spacing to a specified tolerance.

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• Signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to lift metal roll to play-out reel or places roll on the reel, using an overhead chain hoist.

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• Threads sheeting through slitter and verify dimensions of cut to specifications, using rule.

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• Secures strips on recoiler, adjusts guides and roller tension with a hand crank, and starts the machine.

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• Observes slitting and rewinding operation and examines cut strips for flatness, holes, burrs on edges, and surface defects.

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• May oil and clean machine.

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• May feed sheet metal between rotating shear rolls.

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• May install rubber sleeves over spacers to provide a gripping surface for rollers and to facilitate movement of material being slit.

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• May operate panel to control specific units of equipment, such as feeder unit.

If you are looking for a change and if you are interested in this job, you can contact me for more details.

Direct Number- 734-984-4499