How do they match: Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oilcans, and grease guns.
  • Measure bobbins periodically, using gauges, and turn screws to adjust tension if bobbins are not of specified size.
  • Observe bobbins as they are winding and cut threads to remove loaded bobbins, using knives.
  • Repair or replace worn or defective parts or components, using hand tools.
  • Tend machines that wind wire onto bobbins, preparatory to formation of wire netting used in reinforcing sheet glass.
  • Tend machines with multiple winding units that wind thread onto shuttle bobbins for use on sewing machines or other kinds of bobbins for sole-stitching, knitting, or weaving machinery.