What is a Broach Tool Designer?
A broach tool designer is a manufacturing engineer who is concerned with the creation and implementation of the broach tools and associated equipment needed to provide the metal working industry with increased manufacturing productivity while, at the same time, reducing manufacturing costs. Broach tool design is a specialized area of manufacturing engineering which comprises the analysis, planning, design, manufacture, and use of tools, methods, and procedures necessary for manufacturing productivity. In order to perform these duties, the broach tool designer must have a working knowledge of machine shop practices, tool making methods, machine tool design, manufacturing procedures and practices, as well as the more conventional engineering disciplines of planning, designing, engineering graphics and drawing, and cost analysis.
