The cutter stacker role is the first part of our manufacturing process. This role is responsible for building the very center of our cores. This role includes two parts, the cutting and the stacking. The cutter stacker is responsible for the cutting of electrical steel as well as the stacking of the steel to manufacture our cores. This position operates core steel shearing and cutting equipment. In this role, an employee would set up and stack single and three phase cores. All operators rotate jobs to maintain skill level and reduce ergonomic stress on a regular basis.

Employees in this role must train, develop skills, and demonstrate proficiency in the following five (5) work center areas: Booster Stacking/Yoke Band/Strip Making; Core Shear Machine; Assist Operator; Main Stacking Top; Main Stacking Bottom.

• Receives assignments and instructions from supervisor - verbal and written. Follows drawings, Bill of Materials, and other established manufacturing procedures. Coordinate and communicate with supervision and team leads.
• Responsible for core cutting machine setups.
• Learn core cutting machine operations to cut stock material to length.
• Marks and sorts steel into sequential order of usage.
• Uses cranes to load and unload stock coils of steel to de-reeler.
• Tracks partially used coils of steel, records key information for raw and cut steel, and uses SAP to track appropriate data
• Use PC to record data for process attributes requiring Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Moves pallets of finished material to specified area.
• Performs minor repairs and machine maintenance and clean up.
• Complete 5S training and keep tools, equipment, and work areas clean and orderly
• Set up core stacking table and stacking table gauges.
• Utilize stacking process which includes bottom yoke, center, right, and left limbs.
• Stacks laminations in predetermined configuration.
• Assemble clamping structures once stacking is complete
• Epoxy and band core limbs complete.
• Gauges and measures core at intervals to ensure correctness of stacking.
• Fabricate yoke strap bands and miscellaneous shear items.
• May work in Medium Power, Large Power or Extra High Voltage product lines.
• Stack and assemble booster cores (smaller cores) and main cores for all product lines (Medium Power, Large Power, Extra High Voltage)
• Operation of Georg (Core Shear machine)
• Stack shunt steel for both the top and bottom of the internal
• Assist in training of new operators.
• Perform work in other departments as needed
• Follows all safety procedures and policies of company.
• Write work orders for the repair of tooling and equipment
• Ability to read and understand blueprints/drawings and maintain close tolerances

• Knowledge of precision gauge table and gauges, Core Shear Machine, overhead crane, micrometer, steel rule, tape, square, stacking table and gauges, steel tape, rule and square, banding tool, projection or spot welder, hydraulic bender, hydraulic tool for tightening bands, air pallets, drill, fork lift, mechanics tools, electrical drill, band saw, epoxy dispensing equipment, tuggers coil steel, upender and others.

• Materials used in this position include electrical grade coils of steel of various widths. Core steel punching of bottom yoke, center, left and right limbs, pressboard insulation, wood blocks, and dowels, glue, banding steel, epoxy, yoke straps, nuts, bolts and locking tabs, cleaning materials, copper, core wrapping tape and yoke strap materials.

• Employee work as a part of a multiple-person team. Operator works from specific instructions and prescribed operating procedures. Close machine tolerances. Must possess ability to maintain strict quality standards as well as recognize, analyze, and correct any operation malfunction during the operation. Assembly operations require mental and visual concentration to ensure compliance with engineering and quality specifications. S/he must know functions of the control buttons and switches, sequence of machine operations, and operation of the machine modes. Employee must work with prudence due to sharpness of materials.

Required Education / Experience

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Key Working Relationships

• Plant Supervision, Quality, Planning, etc.
• Engineering Organization, including mechanical, electrical and manufacturing engineering groups

Physical Demands

Must be able to stand for extended periods of time. Must be able to occasionally sit, walk. Climb, balance, push, pull, carry, and work below waist level and foot use.

Working Conditions

Shop-floor located on large manufacturing plant.

Prolec-GE Waukesha, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.