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"SHOTGUN-SHELL-LOADING-MACHINE OPERATOR"
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Job Description:

  • 1) Tends battery of automatic machines that assemble shotgun shells and print load information on shell body: Starts machine and observes operation for jams in hoppers, feed tubes and channels, rotary feed plates, and loading and crimping mechanisms.

  • 2) Removes jammed shell components, using fingers or wire hook.

  • 3) Examines samples of completed shells at specified intervals to detect incomplete crimping, bulging wads, and blurred printing.

  • 4) Measures length, head thickness, and diameter, using fixed gauges.

  • 5) Cuts open shell with knife and weighs powder and shot charge on grain scale to ensure charges are within specified limits and wads are correctly placed within shells.

  • 6) Periodically obstructs flow of powder and wads to ensure that automatic warning devices are functioning.

  • 7) Communicates with HOPPER FEEDER and packing workers regarding operational difficulties, quality, quantity, and changeover of shells that corrective action may be taken, using intercom system.

  • 8) Cleans machines of powder, shot, and scrap, using brush and vacuum cleaner.

  • 9) Notifies LOADING-MACHINE TOOL-SETTER of machine malfunctioning.

 

 

 


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Job Number: 9336