AUTOMATIC-PAD-MAKING-MACHINE OPERATOR
Skills: communication, Team work, Time management
Posted 7 months ago
Job Description:
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- 1) Sets up and operates battery of machines to produce quilted and laminated padding from batting: Places rolls of batting and burlap base in feed holders of machine.
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- 2) Aligns and threads ends of material through machine.
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- 3) Turns handwheels to heat calender roll.
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- 4) Threads needles of quilting machine that binds batting to base to form padding.
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- 5) Turns air valve that activates stationary spray gun to spray binder to surface of padding.
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- 6) Aligns end of second roll of batting to sprayed surface under pressure roll to form laminated padding.
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- 7) Turns handwheels to position circular knives that trim padding to specified width.
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- 8) Turns knobs to adjust electric eye controlled mechanism which automatically cuts padding to specified length, drops on layer of gauze, and cuts and laps gauze over pads.
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- 9) Starts spray gun that sizes pad to hold covering in place.
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- 10) Turns knobs to synchronize speed of machine and starts machine.
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- 11) Replaces broken needles.
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- 12) Fills tanks with specified size.
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- 13) Places rolls of narrow reinforcing batting in holder and guides under needles when specified.
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- 14) Sews together burlap and gauze, and laps together batting to form continuous roll.