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A professional who inspects viscous plastics material in plate glass molds (cells) and removes defects preparatory to curing. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines material through glass sheet to detect defects, such as air bubbles, dirt particles, and other foreign matter.
* Stands cell on end to elevate bubbles to surface and inserts spatula between molds to remove bubbles and foreign matter from edges.
* Inserts metal clip into mold, using spatula, and maneuvers clip, using magnet to remove defects from body of cell.
* May weigh cell on floor scale.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects viscous plastics material in plate glass molds (cells) and removes defects preparatory to curing. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines material through glass sheet to detect defects, such as air bubbles, dirt particles, and other foreign matter.
* Stands cell on end to elevate bubbles to surface and inserts spatula between molds to remove bubbles and foreign matter from edges.
* Inserts metal clip into mold, using spatula, and maneuvers clip, using magnet to remove defects from body of cell.
* May weigh cell on floor scale.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who seals and encapsulates magnetic, electrical, electronic, and mechanical components of aircraft and missile parts and assemblies in plastic and other sealant materials, using handtools, power tools, and equipment. Respnsibilities include:
* Mixes specified amounts of resins, curing agents, and fillers in container, according to formula, using spatula.
* Cleans parts to be sealed and encapsulated, using solvents, brush, and rags.
* Positions component parts in molds and pours or injects sealing compound into molds.
* Places molds in preset oven for specified time to harden mixture around units.
* Smooths and finishes surfaces of hardened sealing compound, using scratch remover, files, sander, and other work aids.
* May apply protective coating to component parts by spraying or dipping parts in resin vat.
* May engrave identifying symbols, letters, and numbers on unit encasement, using pantograph engraving machine.
* May inspect components prior to sealing and encapsulating, using preset measuring devices.
* May operate curing equipment.
* May build temporary molds from metal, putty, plastic, and other materials.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who seals and encapsulates magnetic, electrical, electronic, and mechanical components of aircraft and missile parts and assemblies in plastic and other sealant materials, using handtools, power tools, and equipment. Respnsibilities include:
* Mixes specified amounts of resins, curing agents, and fillers in container, according to formula, using spatula.
* Cleans parts to be sealed and encapsulated, using solvents, brush, and rags.
* Positions component parts in molds and pours or injects sealing compound into molds.
* Places molds in preset oven for specified time to harden mixture around units.
* Smooths and finishes surfaces of hardened sealing compound, using scratch remover, files, sander, and other work aids.
* May apply protective coating to component parts by spraying or dipping parts in resin vat.
* May engrave identifying symbols, letters, and numbers on unit encasement, using pantograph engraving machine.
* May inspect components prior to sealing and encapsulating, using preset measuring devices.
* May operate curing equipment.
* May build temporary molds from metal, putty, plastic, and other materials.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who casts plastics resin monomer in glass molds (cells) to form sheets. Respnsibilities include:
* Opens feedline to fill scale tank with specified amount of solution and mounts cell on filling table.
* Moves table lever to hold cell at inclined position and inserts funnel in cell opening.
* Fills mold with premeasured amount of syrup, using pitcher or hose.
* Turns valves to control solution flow rate and adjusts angle of cell to avoid formation of air bubbles.
* Removes funnel and seals mold opening with tape, gasket, or other sealing device.
* Places cell on rack.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who positions loom needles into slots of mold and pours liquid resins into mold to cast needle bars for use in weaving on looms. Respnsibilities include:
* Selects type and size mold according to type and size loom needles to be set.
* Weighs out and mixes resins and hardeners to prepare casting material.
* Inserts and aligns loom needles into slots of mold, and clamps top onto mold.
* Pours casting mixture into opening in mold and allows mixture to set for specified time.
* Removes cast needle bar from mold, using pliers, and smooths rough spots, using steel wool, sandpaper, and electric emery wheel.
* Breaks up cracked or broken needle bars, using hammer, to salvage reusable loom needles.
* Hammers out bent places in used loom needles to prepare needles for recasting.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who molds rubber display statuettes and models of hands, feet, and heads for attachment to display mannequins. Respnsibilities include:
* Brushes lubricant onto interior of mold.
* Pours liquid rubber into mold until full.
* Pours surplus rubber from mold after shell of rubber has formed on inside of mold.
* Strips form from mold after rubber has set.
* Trims edges of form, using knife and smooths surface, using sandpaper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who casts plastic furniture parts, using molds, furniture stock, and plastic molding compound and gun. Respnsibilities include:
* Conveys pallets loaded with furniture stock to work site, using industrial truck.
* Places furniture stock inside specified mold, clamps mold to furniture stock, and places mold onto conveyor.
* Inserts nozzle of molder gun between mold and furniture stock and dispenses plastic compound into mold around furniture stock to cast plastic furniture parts, such as edge bands.
* Unclamps and removes cast parts from mold after specified setup time, using chisel and knife.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends steam-heated press that molds and cures air bags used in automatic tire curing presses. Respnsibilities include:
* Weighs slugs of rubber to obtain specified charge.
* Positions bag core in mold, using hoist.
* Places charge in mold cavity and presses switch to close press and start curing cycle.
* Lifts core from mold when curing cycle is completed.
* Pushes lever to lower hydraulic clamp on core and pulls air bag free, using hoist.
* Counts and tallies cured air bags.
* May set automatic timer for specified curing cycle.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends hydraulic press that compresses smokeless powder into block form for further processing. Respnsibilities include:
* Charges press, using colloidal smokeless powder.
* Closes compression chamber and opens valves to compress powder.
* Removes block from chamber.
* May be designated according to pressing stage as final-block-press operator; preliminary-block-press operator.
Industry:Professional careers
