Job Description:

• 1) Tends high-speed warpers that automatically wind yarn in parallel sheets onto beams preparatory to dyeing, weaving, or knitting: Examines yarn in creel to ensure that yarn corresponds to warp pattern sheet specifications, for number of yarn ends, arrangement of yarn in creel, yarn size, and color.

• 2) Requests CREELER to alter creel setup to correspond with warp pattern sheet.

• 3) Pulls yarn ends from packages mounted on creel, through drop wires, and tension, measuring, and spreading devices, and fastens ends to empty warp beam to thread machine.

• 4) Sets yardage counter to record amount of yarn wound and starts machine.

• 5) Observes operation to detect yarn breaks which cause machine to stop.

• 6) Turns beam back to point of break, locates and ties broken ends, and cuts excess yarn, using scissors.

• 7) Stops machine when specified yardage is wound on beam, cuts yarn, and places gummed tape over ends or loops ends together to secure ends.

• 8) Doffs full beams and sets in empties.