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A professional who tends single or multiple spindle machine that twists paper strips into twine. Responsibilities include:
* Slides roll of paper of specified width onto spindle of machine.
* Wraps twine leader around spool and threads end through guide and twisting die.
* Untwists end of leader and splices it to end of paper strip.
* Starts machine and observes operations to detect uneven twisting and winding of twine.
* Verifies diameter of twine against specifications, using micrometer; and turns wheel to adjust pressure on twisting die.
* Cuts twine with cutters and removes filled spool.
* May thread two or more strands of twine through twisting die to make ply twine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends single or multiple spindle machine that twists paper strips into twine. Responsibilities include:
* Slides roll of paper of specified width onto spindle of machine.
* Wraps twine leader around spool and threads end through guide and twisting die.
* Untwists end of leader and splices it to end of paper strip.
* Starts machine and observes operations to detect uneven twisting and winding of twine.
* Verifies diameter of twine against specifications, using micrometer; and turns wheel to adjust pressure on twisting die.
* Cuts twine with cutters and removes filled spool.
* May thread two or more strands of twine through twisting die to make ply twine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that twist single strands of silk or synthetic yarn. Responsibilities include:
* Places bobbin in holder and draws yarn from supply package through traverse guide and laps yarn around takeup bobbin.
* Starts machine and observes operation for yarn breaks.
* Pieces up yarn breaks.
* Doffs full packages.
* May fit wire guide onto supply package and thread yarn through guide to retain twist in yarn coming off supply package.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that twist single strands of silk or synthetic yarn. Responsibilities include:
* Places bobbin in holder and draws yarn from supply package through traverse guide and laps yarn around takeup bobbin.
* Starts machine and observes operation for yarn breaks.
* Pieces up yarn breaks.
* Doffs full packages.
* May fit wire guide onto supply package and thread yarn through guide to retain twist in yarn coming off supply package.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that winds yarn in sheets onto spools used on narrow-fabric looms or dresser machines. Responsibilities include:
* Places yarn packages on creel of machine and draws yarn ends through guides and tension devices.
* Lifts spool onto machine brackets and laps yarn ends around spool.
* Doffs spool when specified yardage has been wound.
* When warping glass yarn, repairs yarn breaks with splicing fluid.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends table-type rotary warping machine that winds warp yarn onto pegs or spools for use in weaving narrow fabrics. Responsibilities include:
* Places spool of warp yarn over revolving spindle of machine.
* Mounts spools on spindles or positions wooden pegs in holes of machine table to produce warp of specified dimensions.
* Threads warp through eye of spindle and horizontal warping arm attached to spindle, and ties warp to hook holder.
* Starts machine to rotate warping arm and wind warp around pegs and through hook holder.
* Places weaving hook in hook holder after each revolution of warping arm to separate warp.
* Stops machine when specified number of yarn strands have been wound and cuts yarn, using scissors.
* Turns thumbscrew to secure yarn and hooks in hooks holder.
* Doffs wound yarn.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends automatic yarn-winding machine, equipped with stationary or traveling knotter and traveling winding units that move around machine, to transfer yarn from bobbins to cones or tubes. Responsibilities include:
* Places bobbins in pockets of feeder magazine and pulls ends of yarn over suction tube opening through which yarn is drawn into knotter.
* Observes machine operation and signal lights to detect machine malfunctions, exhausting supply packages, full packages of yarn, and tangled yarn.
* Doffs packages when light indicates package is filled.
* Replaces tubes or cones on spindles.
* Laps strands of yarn around cones or tubes to start yarn winding.
* Presses pedal or button to stop and control speed of machine, according to flow of work.
* Notifies machine fixer when malfunction occurs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that winds strands of yarn from bobbins, cakes, pirns, and other yarn packages into packages specified for further processing, shipment, or storage. Responsibilities include:
* Places supply packages on spindles or holders.
* Threads ends of yarn from each package through guides and tension device and attaches them to takeup package.
* Moves lever, depresses pedal, or flips switch to start machine.
* Observes winding units to detect breaks in yarn and ties broken ends by hand or with knotter.
* Stops machine or winding unit and doffs packages.
* Inspects yarn for defects.
* Reports malfunction of machine to machine fixer.
* May weigh yarn package or keep production records.
* May tend machine that winds yarn through emulsion-filled trough or against paraffin disk to soften or strengthen yarn.
* May be designated according to package wound or supply package used as bobbin winder; cake winder; or according to material wound as worsted winder.
* When winding continuous filament yarn to or from packages used in throwing processes, is known as redraw operator.
* When rewinding tangled or short lengths of yarn, is known as salvage winder.
* Important variables may be indicated by trade names or machines used.
* May be designated brass-bobbin winder; cone spooler; cone winder; cop winder; muff winder; piece hand; pirn winder; quill winder; spool winder; tailing-machine operator; tube winder; twine winder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends twisting machine frames equipped with thermal units and false-twist spindles to produce stretch yarn. Responsibilities include:
* Threads yarn through guides, feed rollers, and heating unit, around entrance wheel of false-twist spindle, through traverse guide, and onto takeup bobbin, utilizing suction lines along path yarn travels, extension rods, and wire threader.
* Observes signal lights that indicate yarn breaks and malfunction of specified sections of machine.
* Records information regarding malfunction on flag card and places card on machine unit to signal maintenance crew.
* Reads doff schedule or uses gauge to determine when packages should be doffed.
* Doffs full takeup packages.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who removes and replaces warp beams on looms, warpers, and slashers.
* Conveys full and empty beams to and from machine, using handtruck.
* May place harness assembly attached to new warp yarn with corresponding ends left in loom to facilitate tying-in process.
* May work as member of team to mount beams on looms.
Industry:Professional careers
