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2. Machinist - Wikipedia

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   A machinist is one who is called on to fix a problem with a part or to create a new one using metals, plastics, or rarely, wood. Depending on the company, a machinist can be any or all of the titles listed above. other related fields include Millwrights, quality assurance, and mechanical engineers. In Australia, a related profession is a fitter ...

3. Numerical control - Wikipedia

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   A CNC metal lathe with the door open. In machining, numerical control, also called computer numerical control (CNC), [1] is the automated control of tools by means of a computer. It is used to operate tools such as drills, lathes, mills, grinders, routers and 3D printers. CNC transforms a piece of material (metal, plastic, wood, ceramic, stone ...

4. Tool and die maker - Wikipedia

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   Working from engineering drawings developed by the toolmaker, engineers or technologists, tool makers lay out the design on the raw material (usually metal), then cut it to size and shape using manually controlled machine tools (such as lathes, milling machines, grinding machines, and jig grinders), power tools (such as die grinders and rotary tools), and hand tools (such as files and honing ...

5. Machine shop - Wikipedia

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   A machine shop or engineering workshop is a room, building, or company where machining, a form of subtractive manufacturing, is done. In a machine shop, machinists use machine tools and cutting tools to make parts, usually of metal or plastic (but sometimes of other materials such as glass or wood). A machine shop can be a small business (such ...

6. Machine operator efficiency - Wikipedia

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   In lean manufacturing, machine operator efficiency (MOE) is the performance of an employee who operates industrial machinery. [1] The operator's efficiency is measured as the time spent producing product divided by the time the operator is on duty. [2] For example: if an operator is assigned to run a CNC machine tool for seven hours, but they ...

7. Job production - Wikipedia

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   Job production consists of an operator or group of operators to work on a single job and complete it before proceeding to the next similar or different job. [1] Together with batch production and mass production (flow production) it is one of the three main production methods. [2][3] Job production can be classical craft production by small ...