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TOOL DIE WORKER [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
DEF

[One who makes], repairs and tests dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges and special hand tools by laying out, setting up, machining, fitting and finishing metal stock and castings: ....

OBS

diemaker and toolmaker are colloquial.

Key term(s)
  • tool and dye maker
  • TDM
  • tool and dye worker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
DEF

Ouvrier capable de confectionner à la main ou sur machines, d'après dessin, et de mettre au point des calibres, moules, outillages, montages de fabrication. Il procède également au montage complet et au réglage des machines-outils. Il doit posséder des notions de forge et de traitement thermique des métaux.

Spanish

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