1. Tends equipment in dry room that winds coated fabrics into rolls: Aligns track-mounted windup rack with dry room alley to receive coated cloth. 2. Cleans foreign material from water-cooled rollers, using rag, solvent, and scraper. 3. Threads cloth from dry room through rollers, and sews cloth to leader on …
1. Tends machines that cut window shade fabric and rollers to specified size, and install roller end caps and hanging pins, and staple fabric to roller: Installs roll of shade cloth on spindles of window-shade cutter machine. 2. Threads end of cloth through retaining and feed rollers of machine. 3. …
1. Performs any combination of following tasks in papermaking: Places cardboard roll core on steel shaft, and positions shaft on winding reel, using hoist. 2. Threads paper through drier and calender rolls, and wraps end around roll core. 3. Observes paper winding on roll, and flags defects with colored chalk …
1. Tends winding machine that rolls lengths of floor covering between various stages of processing, working as member of crew: Removes spindle from dolly and positions spindle in winding machine, using power hoist. 2. Pulls end of floor covering sheet through winder and secures sheet to empty spindle, using tape. …
1. Tends machine that coats picture-frame molding with hard, glossy composition as base for painting: Digests measured quantities of glue, rosin, linseed oil, and water in heated gluepot, following work order and specifications. 2. Pours liquid into heated mechanical mixer, adds whiting, and starts mixer that automatically stops when mixture …
1. Repairs and maintains wheels and casters on rolling equipment, such as racks and carts. 2. Replaces parts, such as wheels and bearings, using handtools. 3. Oils moving parts.
1. Tends equipment that cleans, moisturizes, and cracks wheat for cereal products, preparatory to cooking: Starts conveyors to transfer wheat from storage to vibrating screens in grading and cleaning units. 2. Sets thermostat at specified temperature to heat water used to wash grain and increase moisture content to designated value. …
1. Tends equipment, such as elevators, drags, and scrolls, that conveys wet sugar to granulator scrolls and dry sugar to separator screens: Signals GRANULATOR OPERATOR with bell signal to stop granulator when content of wet-sugar bins is low or dry-sugar bins are congested. 2. Washes equipment with hose and directs …
1. Feeds dyed cotton or synthetic raw stock into hopper of extractor that removes liquid by forcing cotton through rollers. 2. Cleans machine, using steam and airhose.
1. Tends wet end of machine that cuts and paints wallboard, as directed by FOURDRINIER-MACHINE OPERATOR: Turns valve to regulate flow of paint onto wet board. 2. Turns handwheel to adjust cutters. 3. Guides end of wet-board mat from pressure rolls onto tipple rolls at start of each new run. …
1. Tends wet end of forming machine that forces viscose fluid between adjustable metal tips and into acid bath that coagulates fluid into continuous sheets of cellophane: Threads sheet through rollers and smooths moving sheet to remove slack and wrinkles. 2. Performs titration test to determine strength of acid bath …
1. Tends battery of machines that form continuous sheets of pulp from woodpulp slush: Starts machines and turns valves to regulate flow of slush pulp into machine vat. 2. Turns handwheels to adjust feed cylinders in vat, pressure of press rolls, and tension on pickup felt to produce pulp sheet …
1. Sets up and operates arc welding machine that welds together parts of fabricated metal products, as specified by blueprints, layouts, welding procedures, and operating charts: Welds flat, cylindrical, or irregular parts that may be clamped, tack-welded, or otherwise positioned. 2. May position weld line parallel to carriage. 3. Turns …
1. Sets up and operates oxy-fuel-gas-welding machine to weld metal parts, according to work order, blueprints, layout, and operating charts: Clamps workpieces into holding fixture on machine bed, movable carriage, or turntable. 2. Positions and clamps or bolts welding torch onto overhead carriage, radial arm, or into stationary fixture at …
1. Sets up resistance welding and brazing machines that join or bond metal components, such as panels, frames, yokes, tubes, and containers, according to specifications and blueprints: Lays out and marks weld points and position of components on workpiece, using rule, square, templates, and scribe. 2. Selects, positions, aligns, and …
1. Computes weight per yard of cloth and compares computations with information on style card to determine conformance of cloth to weight standards: Reads ticket attached to cloth rolls for information, such as style, weight, and yardage. 2. Computes weight per yard, using slide rule. 3. Compares results with information …
1. Operates battery of agitator-equipped tanks to blend base perfume fragrances for use in items, such as soaps, perfumes, and insecticides: Rolls drums or trays of solid material into heating chamber to melt and prepare for bulking. 2. Sets thermostat to prescribed temperature and leaves drums in chamber for specified …
1. Tends machine that records variations in weight along sample strip of paper or other material: Inserts end of sample strip into testing machine to obtain reading on graph of basic weight of sample. 2. Turns dial to bring weight indicator to center line on graph to calibrate machine for …
1. Operates weft straightener that straightens and aligns skewed weft of broad woven fabrics after wet finishing: Observes cloth passing under beam of light to detect skewed weft. 2. Presses buttons to control movement of rollers that hold back leading selvage of skewed cloth and to allow lagging selvage to …
1. Makes ready and operates multiunit, web-fed rotary press to print newspapers, books, and periodicals according to written specifications: Locks printing plates on printing cylinder and threads loose end of paper supply roll through and around rollers to cutter and folder. 2. Adjusts compensators to guide paper over rollers and …
1. Sets up and operates machine to mold and vulcanize sponge rubber beading onto wire mesh strip to form weatherstripping for automobiles: Selects and installs machine parts, such as engraved rolls, rotary gang knives, folding and forming channels, and tubes of specified size and measurement to produce beading of diameter …
1. Operates machines to coat paper or cardboard container blanks with wax or paraffin: Mounts paper roll on machine feedrack by hand or using chain hoist, or loads blanks on stacking mechanism. 2. Fills tank with wax chunks or paraffin blocks, and turns valves to regulate temperature and melt material. …
1. Tends machine that automatically embroiders designs on fabric: Threads roll of perforated cardboard that controls stitching operation through guide rollers and attaches end to automatic control mechanism or inserts punched cards in machine. 2. Aligns pointers on cloth frame with marks on machine chassis to position frame within prescribed …
1. Tends machine that opens, cleans, fluffs, and reduces soft waste yarn, sliver, and roving to fiber for reuse: Spreads armfuls of waste material on feeder apron of machine. 2. Starts machine, and wraps web of processed material around takeup roller or positions truck beneath delivery apron of machine. 3. …
1. Tends equipment that washes animal stock used to make glue and gelatin: Turns valve to start continuous flush of water into tub to wash foreign materials from stock. 2. Turns handwheel to actuate roller that kneads and turns stock in tub. 3. Turns off water and roller after time …
