| Job Title |
Coater |
| Job Description |
Operates Range Consisting Of Units, Such As Troughs, Pickup
Roller, Curing Oven, And Tenter Frame, To Apply Coatings, Such
As Rubber, Pyroxylin, Or Foam To Fabrics, Such As Carpeting Or
Upholstery Material, And To Dry Coating: Sews End Of Cloth To
Leader In Machine, Using Portable Sewing Machine, Or Threads End
Of Fabric Through Rolls Of Machine. Starts Pump To Admit
Solution Into Trough. Observes Operation To Detect Skewed Cloth
And Pushes Buttons To Control Speed Of Rollers That Hold Back Or
Advance Selvages To Straighten Cloth. Measures Cloth Emerging
From Tenter Frame To Determine If Cloth Has Been Stretched And
Dried To Specified Width. Turns Handwheel To Adjust Distance
Between Tenter Chains. Turns Switches To Regulate Speed Of
Machine And Temperature Of Drying Cabinet, And Turns Setscrew To
Set Doctor Blade For Various Cloth Styles. Tests Viscosity Of
Coating Solution With Viscosimeter And Adds Solvent Or Coating
Ingredients To Bring Solution To Specified Viscosity. Doffs
Trucks Of Dry Cloth At Swing-folding Attachment. May Operate
Machine Equipped With Condenser To Recover Evaporated Solvent.
May Operate Range To Apply Backing To Carpeting. May Tend Beamer
That Winds Packages Of Fabric Onto Beams Of Continuous Length To
Facilitate Further Processing.
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