Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates battery of machines in tandem to produce needle felt products from raw materials: Turns screws to adjust comb and stripper rolls of garnett machine to produce specified bat I.

• 2) Installs specified needle board into needle loom to punch together loose bats into needle felt.

• 3) Turns handwheels to adjust tension between steam heated calender rolls which press down nap and firm felt.

• 4) Turns handwheels to lower circular knives to trim felt to specified width.

• 5) Fills size tank, positions automatic spray gun, and turns valve handle on airhose to spray size onto felt.

• 6) Turns knobs to regulate temperature and blower of drying oven.

• 7) Aligns and bolts cutting dies in ram and bed of automatic diecutting machine to cut felt into specified forms.

• 8) Turns knobs to synchronize speed of machines and conveyors.

• 9) Aligns feed guides.

• 10) Starts machine, observes operations to detect malfunction, and examines work to determine conformity to specifications.

• 11) Replaces worn needle boards.

• 12) Sharpens circular knives with hone.

• 13) May repair needle boards.

• 14) May assist MAINTENANCE MECHANIC in repairing machines.