Glossary
Forming Machine Operator Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential forming machine operator terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key forming machine operator vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in forming machine operator training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Compaction
- Pressing material dense.
- Conditioning
- Preparing feed with steam.
- Density
- Mass per volume.
- Die
- Shaping tool.
- Dwell time
- Time under pressure.
- First article
- First part checked before a run.
- Green part
- Unfired pressed part.
- Lockout/tagout
- Energy isolation before servicing.
- Moisture content
- Water in material.
- Pellet mill
- Makes pellets.
- PPE
- Personal protective equipment.
- Scrap
- Parts that fail inspection.
- Sintering
- Heating powder parts.
- SOP
- Standard operating procedure.
- Tablet press
- Pharma press.
Practice these terms
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