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       CODE: 502.682-010 Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): BULLET-CASTING OPERATOR (ordnance)
Controls automatic equipment to melt and cast lead into cylindrical billets, and extrude billets
into wire for making bullets and cores used in small arms ammunition: Starts electric furnace,
observes gauges, and turns rheostat to maintain specified temperature and pressure. Charges furnace
with lead pigs and scrap of specified alloy, using conveyor and elevating platform. Skims dross from
molten lead with skimming ladle. Turns wheel to adjust flow of molten lead into mold. Adjusts stroke
of billet extractor mechanism, installs extruding dies, and regulates ram speed and flow of water
coolant, using handtools. Threads extruded wire over pulleys into slug-forming machines or through
guide pipes to be coiled in drums. Verifies wire size with snap gauges to ensure conformity to
specifications.
GOE: 06.02.10 STRENGTH: H GED: R3 M2 L2 SVP: 4 DLU: 77
ONET CROSSWALK: 91911 Metal Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Operators and Tenders
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