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A professional who places new harness assembly and loom beam in loom to prepare loom to weave different pattern. Responsibilities include:
* Unbolts reed and drop wires, wires, and unhooks pattern control cords from harness frames to release harness assembly in loom.
* Removes harness assembly and loom beam from loom, using hoist.
* Bolts or screws new reed and drop wires in place on loom.
* Positions harness frames in loom and connects pattern control cords to frames.
* Positions loom beam on brackets, using hoist.
* May level harness frames.
* May place pattern chain on loom.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who attaches harness parts to head of jacquard loom to prepare pattern control mechanism for weaving process. Responsibilities include:
* Ties neck (tail or tug) cords to hooks in head of loom or connects cords with wire link.
* Draws neck cords through bottom board (holed board) to prevent tangling, and ties neck cords to harness cords which have been threaded through comber board.
* Places leveling board on loom and reties harness cords to heddles to align heddle eyes.
* Brushes varnish on cord knots to prevent slipping and clips ends of cord close to knots, using scissors.
* May draw harness cords through comber board holes in specified order, gathering ends of harness cords in bunches and tying heddles and lingos (small weights) to other ends of cords.
* May place drop wires on warp threads.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates one or more looms equipped with pile-wire mechanism to weave carpeting. Responsibilities include:
* Moves lever to open shed and inserts specified number of pile wires through shed in sequence to produce pile.
* Forces cop of filling into shuttle, using mallet, and inserts shuttle into loom.
* Places wax in holder to lubricate pile wires as wires enter and are withdrawn from shed.
* Starts loom and observes weaving to detect exhausted filling packages, mispicks, and irregular cutting of pile.
* Replaces exhausted filling, inserts pile wires into missed loops, and replaces dull cutting blades.
* May be designated according to type of carpet woven as velvet weaver.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates one or more jacquard looms equipped with pile-wire mechanism to weave carpeting of intricate design. Responsibilities include:
* Moves lever to open shed, and inserts specified number of pile wires through shed in sequence to produce pile.
* Forces cop of filling into shuttle, using mallet, and inserts shuttle into loom.
* Places wax in holder to lubricate pile wires as wires enter and are withdrawn from shed.
* Starts loom and observes weaving to detect exhausted filling packages, mispicks, and irregular cutting of pile.
* Replaces exhausted filling, inserts pile wires into missed loops, and replaces dull cutting blades.
* Pulls out filling to remove defects in carpeting.
* Pulls cord to reverse pattern chain and card cylinder so that weaving will resume at place where defect occurred to maintain pattern continuity.
* Notifies card changer, jacquard loom as pattern cards become worn or damaged.
* May be designated according to type of carpeting woven as wilton weaver.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to draw warp threads automatically from warp beam through harness assembly to prepare warp for weaving. Responsibilities include:
* Bolts setup stand containing beam and harness assembly to frame of drawing-in machine.
* Attaches pattern strip to keps (slender wires) that are threaded through heddles to set up machine to draw-in specified pattern.
* Starts machine and observes operation of automatic threading device to ensure drawing-in according to pattern.
* Examines drawn warp for mistakes.
* Corrects misdraws and draws-in selvages, using reed hook. Loops warp ends together to prevent ends slipping from harness assembly.
* Unbolts setup stand and pushes stand from frame of machine.
* Feeds metal strips into pattern cutting machine, and depresses button to cut holes at designated places.
* May prepare setup stand for use on machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates loom, known as levers-lace machine, to weave lace. Responsibilities include:
* Throws power rod to start loom and pushes wheel to activate pattern chain.
* Observes lace being woven to detect weaving defects.
* Examines loom to determine cause of loom stoppage, such as yarn breaks or mechanical defects.
* Pulls out broken filling and pushes shuttle through shed to insert new pick.
* Records number of racks woven and cuts completed lace from loom.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates battery of looms to weave plush fabric. Responsibilities include:
* Observes fabric being woven to detect weaving defects, such as exhausted filling, yarn breaks, or mechanical defects.
* Pulls out broken filling and pushes shuttle through shed or pulls yarn through guides for rapier pickup to insert new pick.
* Replaces exhausted packages with supply packages in creel.
* Examines cloth for uneven cutting after automatic knife separates double-woven pile fabric.
* Notifies loom fixer if pile is not cut smoothly; or raises flags on looms to signal breakdown or that cloth needs cutting.
* Marks or cuts fabric when specified yardage has been woven.
* Records pick clock readings of assigned looms at beginning and end of shift to maintain plant control form.
* May be designated according to type of loom operated as rapier-insertion loom weaver; wire loom weaver.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates battery of looms to weave yarn into cloth. Responsibilities include:
* Observes cloth being woven to detect weaving defects.
* Removes defects in cloth by cutting and pulling out filling.
* Adjusts pattern chain to resume weaving.
* Examines looms to determine cause of loom stoppage, such as warp, filling, harness breaks, or mechanical defects.
* Ties piece of yarn to broken end and threads yarn through drop wires, heddle eyes, and reed dents to repair warp breaks, using reed hook. Pulls out broken filling and pushes shuttle through shed to insert new pick and repair filling breaks.
* Notifies loom fixer of mechanical defects.
* Marks or cuts cloth when sufficient yardage has been woven and notifies cloth doffer.
* May place quills or bobbins in battery or magazine of loom.
* May replace empty bobbins in shuttle with full ones on nonautomatic looms.
* May tend winding units attached to looms that wind filling onto quills.
* May be designated according to type of loom operated as dobby loom weaver.
* When weaving samples, is known as sample weaver.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs duties as described under apprentice master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs duties as described under apprentice master title.
Industry:Professional careers
