Who will benefit:

• People who are currently mounting moulds and have no formal training
• Operators who are being upgraded to setters
• Condition setters who require mould mounting skills

Course content:

The following topics are covered in this course:

• Mould - Construction, terminology, ejector systems, side actions, cooling circuits and systems, mould care, storage, fault identification and reporting
• Safety - Responsibilities, hazards, guarding, safety checks, purging and material hazards, lifting equipment, safe working load, thread identification and clamping
• Preparation - Machine considerations, nozzle, ejectors, locating rings, selection and care of hand tools
• Mould change - Mould changes on machines, set clamping unit using setting sheets
• Machine control - Control systems on various machines, logical approach to setting clamp unit without a setting sheet

Delegates will learn about mould construction, care and safety, mould cooling, connection, control, circuitry and design, mould changes and fault identification.
Plenty of opportunity is given for hands-on experience.

Duration:

3 days

Qualification:

Underpinning knowledge for N/SVQ 3.

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