| Job Title |
Shotgun-shell-assembly-machine Operator |
| Job Description |
Tends Battery Of Automatic Machines That Perform Any
Combination Of Following Operations To Assemble Shotgun Shells
Preparatory To Loading With Powder And Shot: Starts Machine That
Coils Paper Strip Into Wad And Presses Wad Into Shell Body;
Presses Molded Base Wad Into Shell Body; Presses Metal Head Onto
Body And Crimps Head To Form Extractor Flange; Or Presses Loaded
Primer Into Head. Observes Machines For Jams In Hoppers And Feed
Mechanisms And Removes Jammed Components. Examines Assembled
Shells For Defects, Such As Open Seams, Wad Bulges, Damaged
Mouths, And Malformed Or Tarnished Heads. Measures Head
Thickness And Diameter, Shell Length, And Primer Depth, Using
Fixed Gauges And Dial Micrometer. Weighs Coiled Paper Base Wads
On Grain Scale To Verify Conformance To Specifications. May Fill
Hoppers With Components And Remove Filled Containers Of
Assembled Shells And Rejects.
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