Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

Tasks Include:

• Remove excess, entangled, or completed filaments from machines, using hand tools.
• Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form filaments from synthetic materials such as rayon, fiberglass, or liquid polymers.
• Load materials into extruding and forming machines, using hand tools, and adjust feed mechanisms to set feed rates.
• Start metering pumps and observe operation of machines and equipment to ensure continuous flow of filaments extruded through spinnerettes and to detect processing defects.
• Move controls to activate and adjust extruding and forming machines.
• Record details of machine malfunctions.
• Notify other workers of defects, and direct them to adjust extruding and forming machines.
• Press buttons to stop machines when processes are complete or when malfunctions are detected.
• Observe flow of finish across finish rollers, and turn valves to adjust flow to specifications.

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