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A professional who assists beamer to tend machine that winds yarn from section beams onto loom beams: mounts section beams on creel of beamer, using handtruck and chain hoist.
* Helps doff and wrap loom beams.
* Observes warp to detect breaks and ties broken threads.
* May drive industrial truck to transport beams to and from storage area.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds and off bears section of spooling machine that ties yarn ends automatically and transfers yarn from bobbins to cheeses. Responsibilities include:
* Places starter cheeses (spools containing small amount of yarn) on winding spindles.
* Places full bobbins in individual magazines of machine.
* Pulls end of yarn over guides or into suction device of machine to be picked up and tied to end of starter cheese by knotter which travels on track over machine.
* Doffs full cheeses and places cheeses on trident (three-pronged tray) on handtruck, or into trough located beside machine.
* May sort bobbins ejected by machine according to amount of yarn on bobbin.
* May strip defective yarn from bobbins, using knife, or by winding yarn on revolving spindle.
* May attach pregummed labels to inside of cones to identify cheeses or packages.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines tubes of fiberglass sliver to detect defects and unwinds defective sliver and short lengths from tube. Responsibilities include:
* Removes tubes from monorail conveyor onto table.
* Examines tubes for defects, such as dirt and grease, and to locate end of sliver.
* Inserts end of sliver in tube of air suction device to unravel defective portion and short lengths.
* Breaks excess sliver from tube or cuts sliver, using scissors.
* Weighs tubes of sliver to determine if weight is within tolerances and places tubes on truck.
* Tags and places underweight tubes on monorail conveyor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines tubes of fiberglass sliver to detect defects and unwinds defective sliver and short lengths from tube. Responsibilities include:
* Removes tubes from monorail conveyor onto table.
* Examines tubes for defects, such as dirt and grease, and to locate end of sliver.
* Inserts end of sliver in tube of air suction device to unravel defective portion and short lengths.
* Breaks excess sliver from tube or cuts sliver, using scissors.
* Weighs tubes of sliver to determine if weight is within tolerances and places tubes on truck.
* Tags and places underweight tubes on monorail conveyor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who observes operation of winding machines to detect loose ends of broken thread and ties them.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines synthetic-fiber thread, passing continuously in front of electric light, for such defects as weak spots, lumps, irregular twisting, grease stains, and snags.
* Rejects lots of thread not meeting plant standard.
* May inspect washed and dried cakes of yarn for loose ends and remove excess thread with scissors and be designated cake inspector.
* May grade skeins of yarn by weight or presence of irregularities and be designated sorter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sorts yarn packages into sets of specified numbers to be placed on creel of warper.
* May convey yarn from storage or other department, using handtruck.
* May distribute yarn.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines packages (or pirns) of wound yarn for defects, such as bruises, cuts, tangles, or soil and removes defective yarn to salvage usable yarn, using one of following methods. Responsibilities include:
* (1) Pulls yarn from package by hand.
* (2) Places yarn in holder, and inserts yarn end in nozzle of vacuum tube that draws defective portion from package.
* (3) Places defective yarn package on holder and draws yarn end over revolving reel, observing yarn to determine when defective portion is removed.
* Cuts yarn from reel and segregates yarn according to type.
* (4) Cleans soiled packages, using cloth and detergent.
* (5) Cuts through packages, using hooked knife or heated knife.
* Writes information, such as plant number, worker number, and yarn type on cards and places cards with usable packages.
* May rewind salvaged yarn by hand or using winding machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects yarn for defects preparatory to shipment or storage. Responsibilities include:
* Examines bobbins, cones, cops, or tubes of yarn by sight and touch for defects, such as broken threads, cross threads, dirty yarn, and excessively loose or tight winding.
* Places defective yarn on trays or bobbin carts for reprocessing.
* Wraps yarn in paper or other material to prevent soiling and damage during shipment or storage.
* Packs and weighs yarn after inspection.
* Records amount of yarn packed and number of cones rejected.
* May stamp shipping carton with identification data.
* May push loaded racks of yarn into steam cabinet to condition yarn.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who this group includes occupations concerned with twisting together short fibers to form a continuous length of yarn.
Industry:Professional careers
