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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Tool Grinders

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners · O*NET 51-4194.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

2 of 6tools 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

7 matched to the tools tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners use. Showing 7.

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    MCP server

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    Microsoft Excel

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    App

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  • Excel

    MCP server

  • Excel

    Skill

  • Microsoft 365 Excel

    App

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  • Spreadsheet

    Skill

  • Spreadsheetcom

    App

The tools this job actually uses

6 documented for this occupation. Showing 6, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorkshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • ANCA ToolRoom
  • IBM Lotus Notes
  • Vero Software Edgecam
  • Zoller

What this job involves

18 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 18.

  1. Monitor machine operations to determine whether adjustments are necessary, stopping machines when problems occur.
  2. Inspect, feel, and measure workpieces to ensure that surfaces and dimensions meet specifications.
  3. Study blueprints or layouts of metal workpieces to determine grinding procedures, and to plan machine setups and operational sequences.
  4. Select and mount grinding wheels on machines, according to specifications, using hand tools and applying knowledge of abrasives and grinding procedures.
  5. Compute numbers, widths, and angles of cutting tools, micrometers, scales, and gauges, and adjust tools to produce specified cuts.
  6. Turn valves to direct flow of coolant against cutting wheels and workpieces during grinding.
  7. Set up and operate grinding or polishing machines to grind metal workpieces, such as dies, parts, and tools.
  8. Dress grinding wheels, according to specifications.
  9. File or finish surfaces of workpieces, using prescribed hand tools.
  10. Perform basic maintenance, such as cleaning and lubricating machine parts.
  11. Remove finished workpieces from machines and place them in boxes or on racks, setting aside pieces that are defective.
  12. Fit parts together in pre-assembly to ensure that dimensions are accurate.
  13. Attach workpieces to grinding machines and form specified sections and repair cracks, using welding or brazing equipment.
  14. Duplicate workpiece contours, using tracer attachments.
  15. Inspect dies to detect defects, assess wear, and verify specifications, using micrometers, steel gauge pins, and loupes.
  16. Remove and replace worn or broken machine parts, using hand tools.
  17. Place workpieces in electroplating solutions or apply pigments to surfaces of workpieces to highlight ridges and grooves.
  18. Straighten workpieces and remove dents, using straightening presses and hammers.
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