Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates machine to coat strands of steel wire with rubber to form beads for use in making pneumatic tires: Installs bead-forming wheel, dies, and baffles, and turns setscrews to adjust guides, spring tension, bead cutter arm, and bead forming wheel cycle according to specifications, using wrenches and screwdriver.

• 2) Threads specified number of wires from spools through tuber die for rubber coating and into machine for forming into bead layers.

• 3) Starts machine to feed wire through die and onto forming wheel.

• 4) Cuts wire to remove bead layer from forming wheel when cycle is complete.

• 5) Tapes cut end to hold bead together for wrapping or places bead in wrapping machine.