Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that rolls strips of friction tape onto continuous sheeting of uncured rubber stock and cuts assembly into specified widths and lengths to form backstays for rubber footwear: Selects stock and tape of specified color and thickness.

• 2) Mounts parallel rolls of tape in individual holders and roll of sheeting on machine frame, using hoist.

• 3) Installs reel in cradle for winding sheeting wrapper and attaches mobile electric motor to drive shaft, using collar and wrenches.

• 4) Threads sheeting and friction tape around rollers that guide and press materials together.

• 5) Fastens end of wrapper to reel for rewinding.

• 6) Starts machine and rewinding motor, and conveyor that pulls assembly under rotary gang knives and under guillotine to slit sheet into strips and cuts strips to length.

• 7) Winds friction tape around cardboard tubing to form stick, presses stick across row of strips on conveyor, and places strips between cloth leaves to form book.

• 8) Examines strips for wrinkles and other defects and discards rejects.