| Job Title |
Felting-machine Operator |
| Job Description |
Operates Felting Machine To Attach Reinforcing Burlap To Felt
Strips Or To Compress Several Layers Of Felt By Means Of Heat
And Pressure: Suspends Roll Of Burlap And Two Bats Of Felt Over
Conveyor Belt. Starts Conveyor And Unrolls Felt Strips, With
Burlap Strip Between Felt Strips, Onto Conveyor. Opens Steam
Valves Or Water Sprays To Moisten Felt Passing Through Steam
Chamber Or Beneath Sprays. Stops Conveyor When Bed Of Hydraulic
Press Is Covered By Felt Strip. Opens Steam Valves To Heat Press
Bed. Starts Oscillating Hydraulic Ram That Compresses Felt. Laps
End Of Felt Bat To Ends Of Other Bats To Form Continuous Strip.
Plucks Foreign Matter From Felt Surfaces With Tweezers And
Spreads Loose Felt Over Thin Spots To Produce Uniform Products.
Straightens Layers Of Stock On Press Bed To Remove Wrinkled
Stock.
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