| Job Title |
Loom Setter, Wire Weaving |
| Job Description |
Sets Up Power Looms To Weave Wire Into Screening And Cloth To
Size, Mesh, And Weave Patterns Specified By Work Orders,
Diagrams, And Data Charts, Applying Knowledge Of Machine
Function, Principles Of Mechanics And Shop Mathematics: Selects
Functional Machine Parts, Such As Reeds, Heddles, And Shuttle,
According To Wire Specified And Aligns And Bolts Them To
Machine. Selects, Positions, And Installs Cams, Shuttle Thrower,
And Gears And Turns Speed Control Knobs To Synchronize Action Of
Machine To Produce Size And Pattern Of Weave Specified, Using
Precision Measuring Instruments And Handtools. Turn Knobs To
Adjust Electric Eye Control Which Automatically Stops Machine
When Specified Run Is Completed, Shuttle Or Warp Wire Runs Out,
Or Wire Breaks. Threads Wire From Back Beam Through Heddles And
Reeds To Cloth Roll, And Install Bobbins In Shuttle. Starts
Machine And Makes Trial Runs. Inspects Sample, Visually And
Using Gauges And Readjusts Machine To Correct Malfunction. May
Replace Or Repair Broken Parts Of Machine. May Tend
Bobbin-winding Machine To Wind Bobbins For Installation In Loom.
May Be Designated By Product Specialty As Loom Setter,
Fourdrinier (metal Prod., Nec).
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