- Industria: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machine that winds fabric and cellophane around mandrel to form fiberglass tubes used in manufacturing articles, such as fiberglass fishing rods or golf club shafts. Responsibilities include:
* Moistens edge of resin impregnated fabric with alcohol stick and places edge on steel mandrel.
* Smooths edge of fabric onto mandrel with hot iron.
* Rubs iron on sandpaper and silicon treated cloth to clean iron and prevent sticking.
* Positions mandrel and fabric on heated rolling table. Starts machine roller plate which presses and rolls fabric onto mandrel.
* Attaches cellophane strip diagonally to end of mandrel and hand rolls mandrel on table to cover fabric, or clamps mandrel into machine, attaches cellophane, and starts machine to wrap cellophane around mandrel.
* Trims off excess cellophane, using scissors or knife.
* Wipes air bubbles and excess liquid from wrapped mandrel.
* Hangs mandrels on curing oven racks.
* Removes mandrel from cured tube.
* Places unwrapped end of mandrel through stop, clamps pulling device to end of mandrel and starts machine to pull mandrel out of cured tube.
* Cleans mandrels, using solvent, sandpaper, or wire brush.
* Coats mandrels with wax or other parting agents, using paint brush or dips mandrels in tanks.
* May straighten bent mandrels, using hammer or small press on level block.
* May be known according to task performed as mandrel cleaner; mandrel puller; tacker; tube roller; wrapper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that splices uncured rubber to form inner tubes for tire. Responsibilities include:
* Positions ends of tube in machine and starts machine that butt-splices tube.
* Lifts tube to hook and places cylinders under fold at each end to prevent creasing of rubber.
* May cut tube to specified length with hot knife prior to splicing.
* May punch hole at valve location and secure valve to tube with valve-press machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines and auxiliary equipment that cut extruded rubber stock into specified lengths for items, such as tire treads, sidewalls, and other rubber goods. Responsibilities include:
* Turns crank and observes dial to adjust automatic cutter frame for specified cutting cycle or turns handwheel to adjust stock stop for specified lengths.
* Starts machine that cuts rubber as it passes on conveyor or positions stock against stop and pulls rotating blade across stock to cut and bevel ends.
* Observes passage or treads and sidewalls through automated auxiliary equipment that prints identification numbers on items, glues cushion strip to treads and sidewalls, and weighs items to detect variation from standards.
* Notifies tuber-machine operator of machine malfunctions and processing defects.
* Fills reservoirs of printing, gluing, and marking machines.
* Changes numerals and brushes in printing and gluing machines, using handtools.
* May cut treads and sidewalls to specified lengths, using shears.
* May be designated according to product cut as inner-tube cutter; rubber-flap cutter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that covers machine belts with rubberized fabric. Responsibilities include:
* Positions belt on pulleys of machine and raises pulleys to hold belt taut.
* Positions end of rubberized fabric on guide roll and starts machine that rotates belt and draws fabric through crimping device to cover belt.
* Cuts end of fabric after one revolution of belt.
* Presses fabric against belt with fingers and awl.
* Attaches identification band to each belt.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that covers machine belts with rubberized fabric. Responsibilities include:
* Positions belt on pulleys of machine and raises pulleys to hold belt taut.
* Positions end of rubberized fabric on guide roll and starts machine that rotates belt and draws fabric through crimping device to cover belt.
* Cuts end of fabric after one revolution of belt.
* Presses fabric against belt with fingers and awl.
* Attaches identification band to each belt.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that notch, measure, and brand identifying information on rubber v-belts. Responsibilities include:
* Positions belt onto expandable wheel of notching machine.
* Starts machine that notches inside surface to make belt flexible.
* Adjusts measuring machine weight tension according to belt-size chart, and positions belt on machine spindles.
* Pushes lever to rotate spindles that register belt length on gauge and stamp belt with identifying data.
* Inserts plate in branding machine.
* Feeds belts into machine to brand belts with identifying information.
* Ties belts in bundles and hangs bundles on rack.
maintenance supervisor brander; belt measurer; belt notcher.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends skiving machine that cuts and shapes edges of uncured rubber belts into v-shape. Responsibilities include:
* Turns belt inside out and fits belt over machine holding spindles.
* Turns screws to adjust angle of cutting knives and starts machine to rotate and skive belt.
* Weighs trim and adjusts knives to meet trim weight specifications.
* Removes belt from machine, turns belt right side out, and hangs on storage rack.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that vulcanizes synthetic composition outsoles to leather or fabric uppers. Responsibilities include:
* Positions upper on heated metal last.
* Seats precut outsole in cavity of mold and pulls lever to invert last.
* Starts machine that lowers lasted upper into die cavity and vulcanizes outsole to upper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that joins uppers of cloth sport shoes to rubber soles. Responsibilities include:
* Places cloth upper over form and rubber sole in electrically heated mold.
* Starts machine that unites sole and upper by heat and pressure.
* Reverses mechanism after specified period of time.
* Ties shoes together in pairs with shoelaces.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that shapes and flattens welt of lasted shoe prior to attachment of outsole. Responsibilities include:
* Positions shoe on anvil and depresses pedal to start machine.
* Guides welt under hammer that shapes and flattens it.
* Depresses second pedal to start slashing knife that scores toe portion of welt to permit smooth curving of welt at toe.
* May join shank to insole.
* May join outsole to shoe.
Industry:Professional careers
