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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4631322, member: 51347"]Great question, die-maker / cutter is interchangeable. We used cutter as, in many cases, the dies were physically cut by the die maker. If you cut them in the US or Europe, a die maker / cutter works 8 hr shifts, and will only work on that one die. In China, they will assign 8hr shifts with 3 cutters over a 24 hour period. So, many times I would get dies, that were normally 90-120 days to cut, polish, and finish in Europe or USA; to 30-40 days from China. This was for injection molding.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stamping dies were similar, but that process was shorter.</p><p><br /></p><p>I called a Tooling Maker the company that offered making dies / tooling to my specifications. Sometimes the person cutting the dies were called makers, also. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, to answer further: we called the person actually running the stamping or injection mold machines a Press Operator. They actually performed actions to cause the tooling to stamp / press / cut / mold, etc. from the Stamping or Press Machine. It had to be a two handed switch operation, so that we KNEW their hands were no where near the tooling during operation. I have seen many a factory not adhering to this process, and you would have people lose hands, fingers, and other body parts. Even loss of “private parts”. Most factories employ these safeties, but I had been in many 3rd world areas, back many years ago, when safeties were not put in place or were ignored for costing reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>My factories manufactured injection molding, drop forging, stamping, blanking, pour casting, grinding, hand-assembly, wrapping, and many other processes for steel and plastic making. I was also involved in wood products manufacturing, blow film, knitting fabrics, and many other process manufacturing. </p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoyed making things, but I also enjoyed creating things, based upon responding to needs and wants of our end-users. I have been fortunate to have been in approx 500 or so factories worldwide over the years. Run several of them myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4631322, member: 51347"]Great question, die-maker / cutter is interchangeable. We used cutter as, in many cases, the dies were physically cut by the die maker. If you cut them in the US or Europe, a die maker / cutter works 8 hr shifts, and will only work on that one die. In China, they will assign 8hr shifts with 3 cutters over a 24 hour period. So, many times I would get dies, that were normally 90-120 days to cut, polish, and finish in Europe or USA; to 30-40 days from China. This was for injection molding. Stamping dies were similar, but that process was shorter. I called a Tooling Maker the company that offered making dies / tooling to my specifications. Sometimes the person cutting the dies were called makers, also. So, to answer further: we called the person actually running the stamping or injection mold machines a Press Operator. They actually performed actions to cause the tooling to stamp / press / cut / mold, etc. from the Stamping or Press Machine. It had to be a two handed switch operation, so that we KNEW their hands were no where near the tooling during operation. I have seen many a factory not adhering to this process, and you would have people lose hands, fingers, and other body parts. Even loss of “private parts”. Most factories employ these safeties, but I had been in many 3rd world areas, back many years ago, when safeties were not put in place or were ignored for costing reasons. My factories manufactured injection molding, drop forging, stamping, blanking, pour casting, grinding, hand-assembly, wrapping, and many other processes for steel and plastic making. I was also involved in wood products manufacturing, blow film, knitting fabrics, and many other process manufacturing. I enjoyed making things, but I also enjoyed creating things, based upon responding to needs and wants of our end-users. I have been fortunate to have been in approx 500 or so factories worldwide over the years. Run several of them myself.[/QUOTE]
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