- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in machine manufacturing of felt goods. Respnsibilities include:
* Cuts felt from feed rolls and removes rolls of processed material from machine.
* Marks length of finished felt on tag attached to roll.
* Lifts and positions rolls of base material and bats into feed holders of machine.
* Hand sews or glues together roll ends to form continuous feed through machine.
* Transfers materials by handtruck or dolly from discharge end of one machine to feed end of next.
* Picks up scraps of material around machine and throws scraps into bins or hoppers.
* Fills pans on machines with sizing inks.
* Measures and dumps spray solution ingredients in mixing vats according to specifications.
* Removes foreign particles from scoured and blended stock.
* Lifts felt rolls from conveyors, and stacks and bundles finished felt rolls to prepare rolls for shipment or stock.
* May assist operators to set up machine.
* May be designated by specific activity performed as bat carrier; or according to machine operated as box feeder; cloth-printer helper; garnett-machine-operator helper; needle-loom-operator helper; sizing-machine-and-drier-operator helper.
* May be designated: coater helper; automatic die-cutting-machine-operator helper; picking-machine-operator helper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who removes vegetable matter from felt by immersion in sulfuric acid solution. Respnsibilities include:
* Mixes specified amount of sulfuric acid and warm water in carbonizing vat, and immerses felt in vat, using chain hoist.
* Soaks felt for period of time dependent on thickness of material.
* Periodically tests solution strength, using hydrometer.
* Adds acid as required.
* Removes and suspends felt over vat to drain.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tests cloth sample to determine potential shrinkage of sample in order to establish shrinking machine settings, and to verify effectiveness of shrinking process. Respnsibilities include:
* Marks cloth sample at measured intervals, using template.
* Loads samples into washing drum and adds detergents.
* Starts machine that automatically washes and rinses samples and extracts excess water.
* Removes samples from machine at end of washing cycle and presses samples, using flatbed ironer.
* Measures distance between markings on cloth, using yardstick, and computes average shrinkage of length and width.
* Converts amount of shrinkage into machine settings, using conversion tables.
* Records measurements, cloth lot and style number, and machine settings on work ticket for use by cloth-shrinking-machine operator.
* Cuts samples from cloth after shrinking and tests cloth to verify that material meets shrinkage specifications.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tests cloth sample to determine potential shrinkage of sample in order to establish shrinking machine settings, and to verify effectiveness of shrinking process. Respnsibilities include:
* Marks cloth sample at measured intervals, using template.
* Loads samples into washing drum and adds detergents.
* Starts machine that automatically washes and rinses samples and extracts excess water.
* Removes samples from machine at end of washing cycle and presses samples, using flatbed ironer.
* Measures distance between markings on cloth, using yardstick, and computes average shrinkage of length and width.
* Converts amount of shrinkage into machine settings, using conversion tables.
* Records measurements, cloth lot and style number, and machine settings on work ticket for use by cloth-shrinking-machine operator.
* Cuts samples from cloth after shrinking and tests cloth to verify that material meets shrinkage specifications.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that brushes foreign matter, such as lint, strings, and loose fibers from cloth. Respnsibilities include:
* Pins or sews end of cloth to leader.
* Turns screws to adjust cloth tension and pressure of brushes.
* Starts machine and observes operation to detect incomplete cleaning.
* Cleans and oils machine.
* May tend brushing machine with steaming attachment that sets cloth nap.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that brushes foreign matter, such as lint, strings, and loose fibers from cloth. Respnsibilities include:
* Pins or sews end of cloth to leader.
* Turns screws to adjust cloth tension and pressure of brushes.
* Starts machine and observes operation to detect incomplete cleaning.
* Cleans and oils machine.
* May tend brushing machine with steaming attachment that sets cloth nap.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that brushes fur pelts to straighten and fluff hairs preparatory to shearing fur for manufacturing felt hats. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine and depresses pedal to move powered brush away from stationary rest on which pelts are placed for brushing.
* Positions pelt on rest and releases pedal to force moving brush against pelt, straightening and fluffing hairs.
* Piles furs for shearing by other workers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that shrinks woven or knitted cloth to predetermined size. Respnsibilities include:
* Mounts roll of cloth on machine, using chain hoist.
* Threads end of cloth through tension bars, guide and feed rollers, and through shrinking elements.
* Observes flow of cloth through machine onto takeup roll, or guides cloth onto shrinking elements to prevent wrinkles and uneven winding, or sets speed of elements according to shrinkage-control guide for various cloth styles.
* Turns valves or moves switch control to regulate flow of water or steam.
* May measure cloth width, using yardstick.
* May tend equipment that preshrinks woolen suiting fabric and be designated Soaker.
* May sew, using portable sewing machine, or pin cut of cloth to cloth in machine.
* May doff rolls of shrunken cloth.
* May tend machine not equipped with water vat and be designated Steam-Pan Sponger.
* Important variables may be indicated by processes or trade names of machines used.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends steaming cabinet that conditions (sets twist or preshrinks) yarn with steam. Respnsibilities include:
* Loads trays or racks of yarn on handtruck and pushes yarn into machine.
* Turns knobs to set time, temperature, and humidity controls, according to specifications.
* Turns valve to admit steam into cabinet.
* Removes yarn from conditioner at end of steaming cycle.
* May separate yarn according to size and grade.
* May inspect yarn for twist set and shrinkage.
* May record information, such as processing temperature, weight, or type of yarn on work ticket.
* May tend machine equipped with conveyor that moves yarn through machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that flattens pile of fabrics preparatory to dyeing or printing or to raise, soften, and fluff pile after wet-finishing processes. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions truck of material at entry end of machine and sews end of cloth to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.
* Presses button to set carding or brushing rollers according to finish specified.
* Starts machine and observes flow of cloth through machine to detect wrinkles, holes, and cloth seams.
* Smooths wrinkles by hand.
* Moves lever to lower cloth from rollers as holes and seams pass through machine.
* Doffs cloth from swing-folding attachment. May tend machine arranged in tandem with other finishing equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
