Elements and Performance Criteria
- Set up equipment
- Review work order and where required check with appropriate personnel.
- Identify required swage shape and thickness from existing saws and relevant records.
- Select appropriate personal protective and other equipment and check for operational effectiveness.
- Set up saw, swage and shaping equipment to meet production requirements.
- Check die or swage clamp or vice shape against required shape, clearances and kerf, and change as required.
- Secure saw in a swage clamp or vice or swager with teeth aligned to swager or vice shape.
- Apply anti-scuffing paste to areas of saw for swaging.
- Swage teeth
- Use equipment in line with organisational safety procedures, manufacturer’s instructions and environmental protection practices.
- Complete trial swage, check and adjust swaging setup.
- Accept or reject trialled material and dispose of in line with environmental protection practices.
- Inspect swage shape and thickness and measure for tangential and radial clearance and kerf.
- Adjust swaging operation to meet production specifications.
- Check dies for wear and adjust to ensure accurate operation.
- Swage remaining teeth in line with production and manufacturer specifications.
- Shape teeth
- File and shape excess material resulting from swaging process.
- Complete trial shape and check tooth tolerances, adjusting as required.
- Accept or reject trialled material and dispose of in line with environmental protection practices.
- Assess shape and check tooth alignment, adjusting remaining teeth as required.
- Record and report processing problems and equipment faults to appropriate personnel.