Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine equipped with heated, fluted roller that separates, polishes, and raises or flattens pile of plush fabrics: Positions truck of cloth at entry end of machine and sews cloth from truck to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.

• 2) Turns knob on thermostat to set temperature of cylinder according to specifications.

• 3) Starts machine and moves lever to set pressure on hydraulic apron that presses cloth against cylinder to raise or flatten pile as specified.

• 4) Straightens cloth to remove wrinkles before cloth passes between apron and cylinder.

• 5) Compares finished cloth with standard swatch, and notifies supervisor if cloth varies from standard.

• 6) Hangs cloth in loops on racks at delivery end of machine to prevent crushing of pile or doffs rolls of fabric when pile has been flattened.

• 7) Ravels seams to separate cloth pieces.

• 8) May tend mangle in tandem with machine to apply finish to cloth.