Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment that dries felt strips, assisted by another worker: Removes work ticket from rolls of felt and records on ticket drying time and temperature required to dry felt.

• 2) Places felt rolls on holding fixture of drying chamber, and turns handcrank to adjust carrier rack of chamber to width of felt.

• 3) Unrolls felt and attaches edges of entire roll to spikes on both sides of carrier rack, using wooden hammer.

• 4) Pushes carrier rack with felt into drying chamber, closes chamber door, and turns valves to obtain specified steam pressure and temperature.

• 5) Presses button to start fan to circulate heat evenly in chamber, and turns dial of timer to set length of drying cycle, according to thickness of felt.

• 6) Observes gauges to maintain specified chamber temperature and steam pressure.

• 7) Closes steam valve and opens chamber door to cool drying chamber.

• 8) Feels felt to ascertain dryness.

• 9) Rerolls felt for further processing.