| Job Title |
Bindery-machine Setter |
| Job Description |
Sets Up Machine Or Machines That Automatically Perform One Or
More Bindery Operations, Such As Folding, Cutting, Gathering,
Stitching Or Gluing, Following Blueprint Or Job Specifications,
And Using Measuring Instruments And Handtools: Installs And
Adjusts Machine Knives, Side Guiders, Feed Guides, Holding
Clamps, Pockets, Rollers, Specified Jogging Tray At Discharge
End Of Machines, And Other Machine Parts To Accommodate Sheets,
Signatures, Or Books Of Specified Size. Turns Dials To Required
Graduations To Set Grippers And Gripper Feelers According To
Thickness Of Signatures Or Flat Sheets Being Gathered. Secures
Reel Of Stitching Wire On Spindle Of Stitching Heads And Threads
Wire Through Feeding, Cutting, Stitch Forming, And Driving
Mechanisms. Positions And Clamps Stitching Heads On Crossarm To
Space Stitches As Specified. Turns Thumbscrews And Handwheels To
Adjust Length Of Stitches And Tension On Creasing Blades And
Folding Rollers According To Thickness Of Pages To Be Stitched
Or Sheet Size And Number Of Folds Specified. Adjusts Cams And
Other Mechanisms To Synchronize Speed Of Automatic Feeding
Devices And Stitching. Fills Glue Pot And Adjusts Flow Of Glue
And Speed Of Conveyors. Starts Machines And Makes Trial Runs To
Verify Accuracy Of Machine Setup. Observes Operation To Detect
Machine Malfunctions And Makes Adjustments As Required. May
Maintain Machinery In Operating Condition. May Train Workers To
Set Up, Operate, And Use Automatic Bindery Machines. May Oversee
Work Of Bindery-machine Feeder-offbearer (print. & Pub.)
653.686-026. May Be Classified According To Name Of Machine As
Folding-machine Setter (print. & Pub.); Gathering-machine Setter
(print. & Pub.); Perfect-binder Setter (print. & Pub.);
Stitching-machine Setter (print. & Pub.).
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