- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who tends machine that dampens rolls of paper prior to calendering. Respnsibilities include:
* Inserts steel shaft in core of roll and positions roll on machine frame, using hoist.
* Aligns roll on shaft and fastens collar to shaft to secure alignment, using rule and wrench.
* Turns valve to regulate flow of water into tank and starts machine.
* Threads paper through feed and tension rolls and wraps end of paper around rewinding roll.
* Turns handwheels to adjust tension and friction rolls.
* Turns switch to start rotary brush that throws spray of water from tank onto underside of paper.
* Pounds paper with wooden club to prevent loose winding on roll.
* Observes feeding, spraying, and winding of paper for excess moisture and loose winding, and makes adjustments.
* Loads rewound roll onto dolly, using hoist, and pushes it away from machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that applies and dries strip of friction paint (striking material) on cards of matchbook covers and matchbox slides. Respnsibilities include:
* Loads stack of cards into machine feed magazine.
* Observes machine feed to prevent jam of cards on conveyor.
* Inspects friction paint coverage for specified thickness of application, and adjusts friction paint feedwheels, using handtools.
* Removes paper dust and dirt from revolving feedwheels with knife.
* Fills machine reservoir with friction paint.
* Turns steam valves and reads gauge to maintain specified temperature in conveyor-drier.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that immerses hardboard sheets in oil to impart smooth finish and cuts sheets to size preparatory to tempering. Respnsibilities include:
* Adjusts position of saws to cut sheets to specified length and width.
* Observes gauge and turns steam valve to fill oil reservoir and maintain oil at prescribed temperature.
* Starts feed conveyors, saws, and automatic sheet-stacking mechanism.
* Feeds uncoated sheets into machine and pulls table saw across end of each sheet before coating to remove irregular edges.
* Observes sheets for presence of coating flaws, scratches, and oil droplets on surface.
* Grades hardboard sheets according to defects and size.
* Places board beneath each stack of oiled sheets and inverts top sheet to protect surfaces against marring during storage or further processing.
* Keeps records of rejected hardboard sheets for shift log.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that dyes paper to specified color. Respnsibilities include:
* Pours prepared dye solution into machine receptacle.
* Loads roll of paper in machine.
* Pulls lever to start device that applies color solution to paper.
* Observes paper as it passes through machine to detect blemishes, streaks, or other defects.
* Replenishes dye solution and loads machine with paper when depleted.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that sprays fiber can lids or paperboard box blanks with paraffin wax to make items moistureproof or airtight. Respnsibilities include:
* Fills machine reservoir with paraffin chunks and opens steam valve to heat and liquefy paraffin.
* Places items into machine that automatically sprays melted paraffin wax on inner surfaces as items pass under nozzle.
* Examines sprayed items to ensure uniformity of coating.
* Stacks finished items on trays or handcart for removal to storage area.
* May keep daily production records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that coats paper decals with varnish. Respnsibilities include:
* Mixes varnish according to formula and fills machine reservoir.
* Starts machine and feeds sheets of paper decals between rollers that coat them with varnish.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends wet end of machine that cuts and paints wallboard, as directed by fourdrinier-machine operator. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valve to regulate flow of paint onto wet board.
* Turns handwheel to adjust cutters.
* Guides end of wet-board mat from pressure rolls onto tipple rolls at start of each new run.
* Observes wet-board panels and pulls lever to drop defective boards into recovery box.
* Sharpens and cleans cutter as it rotates.
* Removes and replaces screens and pressure rolls, using hoist and handtools.
* May weigh sample of wet board, dry sample in electric retort, and compute moisture loss and estimated density, using standard conversion tables or slide rule.
* May measure thickness of board, using calipers.
* May record production data in logbook.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mounts rolls of paper on machines, such as combiner, coating machine, and waxing machine, and performs related duties to assist machine operators. Respnsibilities include:
* Inserts metal shaft through core of paper roll, positions roll on machine feedrack, using hoist, and clamps shaft in bearings.
* Shoves core on rewind shaft and positions shaft in machine rewind rack.
* Assists operator in threading paper through machine, and starts end of paper around rewind core.
* Splices breaks in paper, using tape and hot iron.
* Removes rewound roll from machine with hoist, and pulls shaft from core by hand.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
* May stack cardboard container blanks and return blanks to operator for further processing of untreated sides of blanks.
* May examine coating of blanks for imperfections and notify operator when imperfections occur.
* May be designated according to worker assisted, as Coating-Machine-Operator Helper; Combiner-Operator Helper; Supercalender-Operator Helper (paper & pulp); Waxing-Machine-Operator Helper (paper goods).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who treats paper cones with mixture of turpentine and beeswax. Respnsibilities include:
* Combines specified amounts of turpentine and beeswax in vat and adjusts controls to heat mixture to specified temperature.
* Fills wire basket with paper cones and lowers basket into heated mixture until thoroughly saturated (treated).
* Raises basket, drains mixture from cones, and sets basket aside for transfer to drying cabinet.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists creping-machine operator in forming crepe paper. Respnsibilities include:
* Trucks paper rolls to machine and storage areas.
* Weighs finished rolls and cleans working area.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
