A professional who tends one or more machines that automatically spin wire coils and sew them into cloth pockets to form units for mattress innersprings. Respnsibilities include:

• Mounts spools of wire, fabric, and cotton thread on machine spindles.
• Inserts wire and fabric ends into machine guides and lead rollers, and threads machine needles.
• Starts machine and folds chain of pocketed coils as it emerges on conveyor.
• Removes springs at regular intervals and places under plunger of stationary dial gauge to ensure uniformity.
• Turns regulating wheel to adjust wire cutter for specified coil length.
• Turns setscrew on sewing machine to regulate thread tension.