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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