- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who sets up and operates machine to sew gathered and collated signatures (pages) into book form for binding. Responsibilities include:
* Pulls thread through lubrication box, thread guides, and needle to thread machine, and soaks bobbins of thread in water to lubricate thread.
* Places book under needle, sets presser foot to thickness of book, and turns setscrews to adjust length of stitch.
* Pushes book under presser foot with back against guide, depresses pedal to activate needle, and sews through length of book.
* Feeds and sews books in succession until delivery trough is full.
* Stops machine, cuts threads connecting books, and stacks separated books.
* May stitch endpapers to top and bottom of signatures.
* May operate machine equipped with multiple needles.
* May be known by type of book stitched and be designated blankbook-stitching-machine operator ii.
* May specialize in stitching trimmed or shaved spine of books for rebinding.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to glue headbands, paper lining, and superlining to backs of book bodies prior to binding, according to specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews work order to determine setup specifications.
* Sets feed guide and holding clamps to book size.
* Installs rolls of cloth, paper lining, and headbands.
* Sets feeds to cut linings and headbands to book size.
* Fills glue reservoir and tightens nuts to secure glue rollers, using wrench.
* Starts machine and runs sample book through machine.
* Inspects sample to determine if headband and lining are securely attached.
* Resets feeds, guides, and holding clamps of machine as necessary.
* Feeds books singly, back down, into machine.
* Removes books from machine delivery table and stacks them.
* May fill endpaper feed with endpapers of specified size.
* May position books singly, back up, in machine, apply glue to back of books, linings, headbands, and endpapers by brushing, feeding between saturated rollers, or holding material against saturated brush, and attach headband, linings, and endpapers to backs of book bodies manually when rebinding books for reuse.
* May operate machine arranged in tandem with other bookbinding machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates automatic machine to fold and clamp metal edging to ends of calender pictures and staples calender to picture. Responsibilities include:
* Moves lever to shift gears that adjust speed of feed mechanism.
* Adjusts metal-forming heads, using hex-head wrench.
* Turns handcrank to adjust mechanism that inserts hanger loop as metal strip is clamped to top of sheet.
* Turns handcrank to set cutter that cuts metal strips between sheets after bottom of sheet has been tinned.
* Manually sets microswitch that activates spray to apply strip of glue that holds calender for stitching.
* Sets head and side guides of stitcher that staples calender to sheet.
* Places rolls of metal stripping onto machine, places reel of wire onto stitching device, and pours glue into reservoir.
* Places stacks of pictures and calenders onto feed tables.
* Presses button to start machine.
* Monitors operation of machine, clears jams, and replenishes supplies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that sews sheets of gathered and collated signatures and sews signatures into book form preparatory to binding. Responsibilities include:
* Threads needles, adjusts machine bed to width of signatures, sets feed arms for size of signatures, and passes tape through guides, following written instructions.
* Opens signature and places it over feed arm.
* Depresses pedal to revolve feed arm, sew signature, and present another arm in feeding position (signature is released from arm after sewing and positioned for sewing to next signature).
* Places signatures in succession on feed arms, depressing pedal to sew individual signatures and to stitch sewed signatures together.
* Stops machine when delivery table is full.
* Cuts stitching holding books together, and stacks separated books.
* May stitch or fasten endpapers or linings to first and last signatures of books.
* May stitch signatures and apply glue along binding edge of first and last signatures to reinforce binding of book bodies.
* May specialize in stitching cut or shaved spine of books preparatory to rebinding for resale or reuse.
* May be known by type of book stitched and be designated blankbook-stitching-machine operator i.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that glues binder boards and reinforcing strips to covering material, miters corners of covers, and turns edges of covers over boards to assemble book covers. Responsibilities include:
* Reads work order to determine adjustment requirements.
* Turns thumbscrews to adjust feed hopper guides according to size of binder boards and covers, and fills feed hopper with binder boards and covers.
* Mounts roll of reinforcing paper onto spindle, or inserts roll into holder, and adjusts cutting blade.
* Adjusts corner-nicking and mitering blades as specified.
* Fills glue fountain and turns switch to activate heating element.
* Adjusts rollers to distribute glue on binder boards and reinforcing strips.
* Adjusts pressure gauge of roller, according to thickness of binder boards.
* Starts machine and places covering pieces sequentially onto feeder.
* Examines finished covers to ensure established standards have been met.
* Adjusts machine as necessary during production run.
* Occasionally stirs glue to maintain consistency.
* May mount roll of headbands on spindle of machine that cuts and glues headbands on each end of reinforcing strip.
* May position, align, and press binder boards, reinforcing strips, and headbands onto covering material, and turn in corners manually.
* May slide cover down into machine or push cover between press surfaces of pneumatic-powered machine that folds, creases, and bonds protruding edges of covers over boards and manually rotates cover until all edges have been creased and bonded.
* May feed covers through rotary press to ensure bonding.
* May stack finished covers on table.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends saddle-stitching machine to repair salvable magazines, comic books, or catalogs in bindery. Responsibilities include:
* Picks up book from supply on worktable, opens book, and places book in tentlike position over fixture of wire-stitching machine.
* Examines book to determine location of missing stitch (staple), and positions book under stitching head.
* Depresses pedal to start machine and insert missing stitch.
* Stacks stitched book on worktable for removal.
* Examines wrinkled, creased, or dog-eared pages and cover sheets and separates sheets judged to be salvable and discards remainder of sheets.
* Rolls and bends sheets and smooths with hands and fingers to remove wrinkles and creases.
* Folds repaired sheets by hand and stacks sheets to be returned to binding machines.
* Keeps daily production records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically rounds and backs bound signatures and forms grooved hinge space for book covers. Responsibilities include:
* Installs rounding form in machine, sets spacing of holding clamps and backing rollers, and adjusts turning of feeder according to size of sample book or work order specifications.
* Starts machine that automatically rounds and backs test book.
* Feeds book bodies into feed holder of machine.
* Examines book bodies for conformance to specifications as book bodies are ejected sequentially from machine onto conveyor belt.
* Stops machine when malfunctions occur.
* May adjust machine as necessary to correct malfunction.
* May remove and stack rounded and backed books on table.
* May clamp partially rounded and backed books in press, fan signatures outward, and pound signatures into required curvature manually, using hammer.
* May tend machine mounted in tandem with other bookbinding machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that forms, inserts, trims, and fastens spiral binding in covers of paper goods such as booklets, pamphlets, and notebooks. Responsibilities include:
* Measures guides, using ruler, and positions or adjusts guides to accommodate size of sheets to be bound.
* Tightens setscrews to secure guides in specified position.
* Starts machine.
* Positions and holds items to be bound inside guide stops of machine and depresses pedal to form, insert, cut off, and crimp ends of spiral binder.
* Stacks bound items on skid.
* Removes broken pieces of wire from machine, using pointed pliers.
* Removes and replaces damaged covers and backs.
* May thread wire into machine.
* May manually start preformed spiral in perforated holes of items to be bound and hold spiral against rubber-covered spindle or wringer-like rollers which twist spiral into remaining perforations.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds gathered signatures (pages) into machines that automatically perform in sequence such operations as rounding and backing, supering (applying strip of reinforcing material to back of book) and lining, casing-in, and pressing to convert gathered signatures into complete books. Responsibilities include:
* Jogs signatures to align edges.
* Places aligned signatures against guides of feed conveyor.
* Notifies casing-in-line setter of machine malfunction.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds gathered signatures (pages) into machines that automatically perform in sequence such operations as rounding and backing, supering (applying strip of reinforcing material to back of book) and lining, casing-in, and pressing to convert gathered signatures into complete books. Responsibilities include:
* Jogs signatures to align edges.
* Places aligned signatures against guides of feed conveyor.
* Notifies casing-in-line setter of machine malfunction.
Industry:Professional careers
