- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machine that automatically lays face sheets, back sheets, and core stock in sequence and spreads glue on core stock to form plywood panels. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine, observes operation, and turns wheels, valves, and dials to adjust and synchronize conveyors, reach and vacuum of mechanical feed arms, tension on glue-spreading rollers, and to regulate flow of glue.
* Depresses pedal to control conveyor that moves stacked panels to hot-plate presses.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following duties, as crewmember, to cast and bake ground cork mixture into slabs. Respnsibilities include:
* Lubricates mold to prevent mixture from adhering to sides, using spray gun or oil-soaked rags.
* Weighs and dumps specified quantity of mixture into mold; or opens overhead storage outlet to fill mold with mixture.
* Lifts and places pressure plate on mold and inserts holding pins to secure plate.
* Moves mold under hydraulic press, using chain hoist.
* Presses button to lower ram that exerts pressure on plate and compresses mixture to prescribed density and hardness.
* Releases ram, pulls holding pins from mold, and pries off pressure plate, using pinchbar.
* Fastens monorail hoist to mold frame and pushes mold into oven.
* Observes gauges and moves controls to maintain predetermined oven temperature.
* Removes mold from oven and cast slab from mold, after specified time.
* May be designated according to specific task performed as mold filler; mold hoister; mold sprayer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically presses glue-coated edges of veneer strips together to form continuous sheet and clips sheets to specified widths. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns dials and pushes levers to adjust tension of pressure rollers and speed of feed belts.
* Sets trip lever on clipping unit of machine for width of veneer sheets to be produced, using wrench.
* Depresses pedal and moves lever that controls conveyor and lift platform to position stack of veneer for feeding into machine.
* Starts machine.
* Removes veneer strips from stack and feeds them into machine.
* Observes pressure gauges and gluing process, and readjusts roller tension if necessary.
* Removes unglued, torn, or otherwise defective strips for reprocessing or disposal.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that spreads glue on both sides of precut veneer stock (crossbands or core boards) or particleboard before assembly into plywood or veneered panels. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valve on glue hopper above machine to fill troughs formed between application rollers and doctor rolls.
* Turns handwheel, crank, or tension screws to space rollers according to thickness of stock.
* Starts machine, scans stock to detect knotholes or large splits, and discards culls in handcart.
* Feeds stock between rollers.
* Observes level of glue in troughs between doctor rolls and rollers, and turns valve to replenish glue when level is low.
* Periodically feels discharged stock to determine if glue is being spread evenly and if glue coating is sufficient to bond stock in panels, and adjusts rollers to correct defective gluing.
* Cleans glue from rollers, using hot water or alcohol and brush.
* May lubricate machine.
* May mix glue.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that utilizes pressure and heat to bond preglued boards into panels of specified size. Respnsibilities include:
* Regulates speed and pressure of rollers and temperature of heating unit, according to type of glue, thickness of wood parts, and density and moisture content of wood.
* Starts machine, and places preglued boards of combined specified length edge to edge on feed rolls or chain that carry them through machine and curing tunnel.
* May tend machine with saw attachment that bonds preglued boards into continuous panel and automatically cuts panel into specified lengths and be designated Plycor Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that utilizes pressure and electronic energy to bond preglued wooden parts together. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns knobs to regulate clamp pressure, intensity of electron emission, and timer according to type of glue, thickness of wooden parts, and density of wood.
* Adjusts clamps according to size of assemblies to be glued, using wrenches and hammer.
* Assembles and positions preglued parts in clamp bed of machine, and turns air-pressure valve and presses button to actuate clamp and release flow of electrons through glue joints.
* Removes assembly from machine, and examines assembly for defective gluing.
* May apply glue to parts with brush or by running surface of part over wheel set in pot of liquid glue.
* May mix glue.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends hot-plate press that bonds glue-coated veneer sheets together to form plywood. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns knobs on control panel to set temperature and pressure of press.
* Turns valves to release steam to heat plates.
* Lifts and loads veneer panels (assembled glue-coated veneer sheets) and caul boards into press, working in teamwork with laborer, hot-plate plywood press.
* Presses button controls to bring plates of press together and subject veneer panels to temperature and pressure that glue and convert them into plywood.
* Cleans glue from caul boards, using scraper.
* May rub edges of plates with paraffin to facilitate loading and unloading.
* May tally number, dimensions, and core thickness of pressed panels on daily pressing report.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends hydraulic press that bands together layers of veneer sheets and core stock to form plywood or veneered products, such as tabletops and doors. Respnsibilities include:
* Places clamp rails and backing board in press.
* Loads stack of assembled layers from conveyor or handtruck into press by hand or by use of hoist.
* Places backing board and clamp rails on top of stack.
* Turns handwheels to set pressure specified for material and starts press.
* Attaches retainer rods to top and bottom clamp rails and tightens turnbuckles on rods to maintain pressure on stack after removal from press.
* Releases press and removes clamped stack from press bed for drying.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends hydraulic press that bands together layers of veneer sheets and core stock to form plywood or veneered products, such as tabletops and doors. Respnsibilities include:
* Places clamp rails and backing board in press.
* Loads stack of assembled layers from conveyor or handtruck into press by hand or by use of hoist.
* Places backing board and clamp rails on top of stack.
* Turns handwheels to set pressure specified for material and starts press.
* Attaches retainer rods to top and bottom clamp rails and tightens turnbuckles on rods to maintain pressure on stack after removal from press.
* Releases press and removes clamped stack from press bed for drying.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends splicing machine that bonds preglued edges of veneer strips together to form larger sheets. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns dial or handwheel of machine to regulate heat, pressure of rollers, and conveyor speed according to thickness of veneer sheets to be processed.
* Positions two veneer strips side by side against center guide of machine and feeds them into machine that automatically forces glued edges together and cures edges to bond sheets.
* Observes bonded sheets to detect defects, such as overlapping or unbonded edges.
* Adjusts heat, pressure, and speed of machine, or cleans heating bar with scraping tool to correct malfunctions.
* Verifies dimensions of veneer sheets against work order, using tape measure.
* May record footage spliced as indicated by meter on machine.
* May spray glue on edges of veneer strips prior to bonding, using spray gun.
* May tend splicing machine that automatically applies glue to edges prior to bonding and be designated Edge Gluer.
Industry:Professional careers
