- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who tends machine that punches out and trims automobile floor mats from rubber sheeting. Responsibilities include:
* Bolts die to ram or seats die on movable table of press.
* Positions uncured rubber sheeting or cured rubber mats on moveable table or on die.
* Pushes table under ram of press, and starts machine.
* Places punched and trimmed mats on skid.
* May measure and mark guidelines on moveable table.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that cut and trim cured rubber articles, such as ear plugs, water goggles, and automotive parts, from molded rubber sheets. Responsibilities include:
* Selects cutting die and fastens to bed of cutting machine with clamps or bolts.
* Positions molded rubber sheet over die, feeling with fingers to determine that each article in sheet is evenly aligned with cutting edges of die.
* Places fiberboard over rubber sheet to prevent damage to die cutting edges from ram.
* Pushes buttons to lower ram and cut out parts.
* May be designated according to type of machine used as hydraulic-punch-press operator; roller-die-cutting-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that imprints identifying data, such as company name, trademark, or design, onto continuous strip of uncured rubber for labels on rubber footwear. Responsibilities include:
* Selects specified die, slides into holder on ram, and locks die in place, using wrench.
* Mounts roll of strip on spindle, and threads end between feeder rolls and under diehead.
* Starts machine and observes pressed labels for height of imprint.
* Stops machine and changes die or adjusts length of ram stroke for clearer imprint.
* Books finished strip as strip comes from press, cutting strip off at book length, using scissors.
* Stacks filled book on storage pile.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that nicks curved edges of shoe parts, such as vamps, tongues, quarters, and bindings, to facilitate folding of edges, using either of following methods. Responsibilities include:
* (1) Turns machine head to bring designated multiedged die into position.
* Positions part under die and depresses pedal that forces die downward, nicking edge; or (2) Places part on machine post against guide and presses part against reciprocating knife to nick edge.
* May be designated according to part nicked as binding nicker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that nicks curved edges of shoe parts, such as vamps, tongues, quarters, and bindings, to facilitate folding of edges, using either of following methods. Responsibilities include:
* (1) Turns machine head to bring designated multiedged die into position.
* Positions part under die and depresses pedal that forces die downward, nicking edge; or (2) Places part on machine post against guide and presses part against reciprocating knife to nick edge.
* May be designated according to part nicked as binding nicker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that slices foam rubber blocks to specified thickness for use in making chair, cushion, and ironing board pads. Responsibilities include:
* Turns handwheel to adjust height of roller conveyor under machine knife according to thickness specifications.
* Pushes block against knife that slices article from block.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts rubber rods or bars into pencil erasers. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts guides on machine to specified length and size of rods or bars to be cut.
* Starts machine and feeds prescribed colored rods or bars manually into device that feeds them to knives which cut them to specified size.
* Observes machine operation and spot checks length and size of plugs (erasers), using hand gauge to ensure conformity to specifications.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that rounds points on comb teeth. Responsibilities include:
* Starts machine and observes combs being fed into machine for proper positioning, allowing shaping wheels to automatically point teeth.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that pounds down and buffs edges of leather uppers to provide smooth base for outsole. Responsibilities include:
* Starts machine and moves bottom of lasted shoe against wheel that pounds out puckers on edges of upper.
* Buffs bottom of lasted shoe on emery wheel to provide smooth surface.
* May be designated according to area of shoe pounded as cement shoes bottom pounder; heel-seat pounder; toe pounder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that pounds down and buffs edges of leather uppers to provide smooth base for outsole. Responsibilities include:
* Starts machine and moves bottom of lasted shoe against wheel that pounds out puckers on edges of upper.
* Buffs bottom of lasted shoe on emery wheel to provide smooth surface.
* May be designated according to area of shoe pounded as cement shoes bottom pounder; heel-seat pounder; toe pounder.
Industry:Professional careers
