Job Description:

• 1) Tends presses that mold cover material on bowling-ball cores preparatory to steam curing, performing any combination of following duties: Cuts rubber cover stock to approximate size, using knife, and lays specified number of rubber squares in mold half.

• 2) Positions mold half under press ram and presses button to lower ram into mold to shape rubber.

• 3) Places bowling-ball core in every other mold with marked, weighted area away from seam.

• 4) Places cover, mold half on core, and pushes pins through mold flanges to hold halves in position.

• 5) Places mold into press and presses button to lower ram and to mold cover to core.

• 6) Pulls flash from mold seam and places or pounds brackets onto mold flange to hold mold together during curing.

• 7) Opens press, pounds pins out of flange, and stacks mold on pallet.

• 8) May clean cores prior to molding operations, using cabinet sandblast equipment.