How do they match: Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

  • Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

  • Glass Finisher
  • Glassware Finisher
  • Ware Finisher

  • Place electrodes in tube ends and heat them with glass burners to fuse them into place.
  • Place glass into dies or molds of presses and control presses to form products, such as glassware components or optical blanks.
  • Place rubber hoses on ends of tubing and charge tubing with gas.
  • Blow tubing into specified shapes to prevent glass from collapsing, using compressed air or own breath, or blow and rotate gathers in molds or on boards to obtain final shapes.
  • Operate and maintain finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash, or polish glass or glass products.
  • Strike necks of finished articles to separate articles from blowpipes.

  • Place materials into molds.
  • Weigh finished products.