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Die Maker |
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Engraves Designs Onto Steel Dies Used To Produce Textile
Printing Rollers, Using Engravers' Handtools And Machines:
Measures Dimensions Of Pattern To Be Engraved In Die, Using
Ruler. Operates Engine Lathe To Turn Steel Roller Down To Size
According To Dimensions Of Pattern And Copper Printing Roller.
Sketches Design On Steel Roller (die) Utilizing One Of Following
Alternate Methods: (1) Lays Out Reference Points On Design
According To Location Of One Complete Pattern Repeat, Using
Ruler, Dividers, And Pencil. Covers Design With Transparent Film
And Transfers Reference Points To Film, Using Scriber And
Magnifying Lens. Sketches Design Colors Onto Separate Sheets Of
Film, Using Brushes And Ink. Examines Design To Detect Errors In
Scribing And Color Quality And Corrects Or Alters Design,
Employing Knowledge Of Colors, Fabrics To Be Printed, And
Engraving And Printing Techniques. Immerses Steel Roller In
Electroplating Solution To Coat Roller With Copper. Wraps Film
Around Roller, Allowing Ink In Design To React With Copper
Coating To Transfer Design From Film To Roller. (2) Computes
Machine Settings Required To Reproduce Straight-line Designs On
Roller, Using Mathematical Tables And Formulas. Plots Machine
Settings On Graph Paper. Mounts Steel Roller In Index-dividing
Machine And Adjusts Tracing Carriage Of Machine According To
Computations On Graph Paper. Lowers Tracing-carriage Scriber To
Surface Of Roller And Moves Levers Of Machine To Sketch Vertical
And Horizontal Lines On Roller. Mounts Sketched Rollers In
Fixture On Worktable And Engraves Outline Of Design Following
Sketch Lines, Using Gravers' Tools. Cuts Or Stipples In Ground
Lines As Specified, Using Gravers' And Stippling Tools. Prints
Proof Print Of Engraved Design On Wax Paper To Verify Accuracy
Of Etchings On Roller. Removes Scratches From And Polishes
Roller Die, Using Polishing Lathe. Punches Indentations Into
Edges Of Die To Facilitate Transfer Of Design From Die To Mill,
Using Hammer And Punch. Controls Furnace To Harden And Temper
Dies.
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