Job Description:

• 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.

• 2) Aligns and threads ends of material through machine.

• 3) Turns handwheels to heat calender roll.

• 4) Threads needles of quilting machine that binds batting to base to form padding.

• 5) Turns air valve that activates stationary spray gun to spray binder to surface of padding.

• 6) Aligns end of second roll of batting to sprayed surface under pressure roll to form laminated padding.

• 7) Turns handwheels to position circular knives that trim padding to specified width.

• 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.

• 9) Starts spray gun that sizes pad to hold covering in place.

• 10) Turns knobs to synchronize speed of machine and starts machine.

• 11) Replaces broken needles.

• 12) Fills tanks with specified size.

• 13) Places rolls of narrow reinforcing batting in holder and guides under needles when specified.

• 14) Sews together burlap and gauze, and laps together batting to form continuous roll.