Job Description:

• 1) Operates steam-heated conveyor press that molds and vulcanizes uncured sponge rubber to form arch cushions for rubber footwear: Reads work ticket to determine number of molds and blanks required for each style and size cushion.

• 2) Notifies CALENDER OPERATOR of stock thickness and DIE CUTTER of dies to use and amounts of blanks needed.

• 3) Selects required number of molds and baskets of blanks and supplies them to workers.

• 4) Starts conveyor press and turns valves to regulate heat of vulcanizing plates.

• 5) Turns handwheel to adjust distance between vulcanizing plates and molds, using feeler gauge.

• 6) Directs workers engaged in positioning blanks in mold cavities and in removing molded cushions.

• 7) Observes operations and examines finished product for defects, such as lumps, pits, and blisters, and to determine if mold cavities are filled and rubber is completely vulcanized.

• 8) Operates warming mill to prepare stock for calendering from which blanks are cut for use in cushion press.