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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Press Machine Operators

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · O*NET 51-4031.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

8 of 10tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

17 matched to the tools cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic use. Showing 17.

  • Microsoft Outlook

    MCP server

    Microsoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.

    Microsoft Outlook

  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

    Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Word

    MCP server

  • AutoCAD

    App

    AutoCAD is a design and drafting platform which supports automated design tasks and offers features such as 2D drafting, drawing and annotation, 3D modeling and visualization, and more.

  • Autodesk

    MCP server

  • Computer Control

    MCP server

  • Easy Autocad

    MCP server

  • Excel

    MCP server

  • Excel

    Skill

  • Inventory Planner

    App

    Inventory Planner is a software that helps businesses automate inventory management and planning on a centralized platform. It is an essential tool for businesses with large inventories and multiple locations. Avoid overstock and out-of-stocks through accurate, data-driven foreca

  • Microsoft 365 Excel

    App

    Make (make.com)

  • Microsoft Outlook

    App

  • PowerOffice

    App

    Make (make.com)

  • SAP S/4HANA

    MCP server

    SAP S/4HANA is an intelligent ERP suite that helps businesses manage finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations in real time.

    SAP S/4HANA

  • SAP S/4HANA

    App

    Make (make.com)

  • Spreadsheet

    Skill

  • Spreadsheetcom

    App

The tools this job actually uses

10 documented for this occupation. Showing 10, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Autodesk AutoCADhot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • SAP softwarehot
  • Automated inventory software
  • Computerized numerical control CNC software
  • Operational databases
  • Striker Systems SS-Punch

What this job involves

31 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Measure completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers.
  2. Examine completed workpieces for defects, such as chipped edges or marred surfaces and sort defective pieces according to types of flaws.
  3. Lubricate workpieces with oil.
  4. Read work orders or production schedules to determine specifications, such as materials to be used, locations of cutting lines, or dimensions and tolerances.
  5. Install, align, and lock specified punches, dies, cutting blades, or other fixtures in rams or beds of machines, using gauges, templates, feelers, shims, and hand tools.
  6. Start machines, monitor their operations, and record operational data.
  7. Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.
  8. Adjust ram strokes of presses to specified lengths, using hand tools.
  9. Position, align, and secure workpieces against fixtures or stops on machine beds or on dies.
  10. Test and adjust machine speeds or actions, according to product specifications, using gauges and hand tools.
  11. Load workpieces, plastic material, or chemical solutions into machines.
  12. Set stops on machine beds, change dies, and adjust components, such as rams or power presses, when making multiple or successive passes.
  13. Clean and lubricate machines.
  14. Position guides, stops, holding blocks, or other fixtures to secure and direct workpieces, using hand tools and measuring devices.
  15. Turn controls to set cutting speeds, feed rates, or table angles for specified operations.
  16. Place workpieces on cutting tables, manually or using hoists, cranes, or sledges.
  17. Replace defective blades or wheels, using hand tools.
  18. Plan sequences of operations, applying knowledge of physical properties of workpiece materials.
  19. Clean work area.
  20. Mark identifying data on workpieces.
  21. Turn valves to start flow of coolant against cutting areas or to start airflow that blows cuttings away from kerfs.
  22. Hone cutters with oilstones to remove nicks.
  23. Remove housings, feed tubes, tool holders, or other accessories to replace worn or broken parts, such as springs or bushings.
  24. Sharpen dulled blades, using bench grinders, abrasive wheels, or lathes.
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