Job Description:

• 1) Operates pasting machine and dryer to apply specified amount of lead-oxide paste onto grids used in making storage battery plates: Stacks grids or multiple-grid panels on bench or in automatic feeding device.

• 2) Adjusts shoes on pasting machine to size of grid, using handtools.

• 3) Adjusts scraper blade and roller, according to thickness specified for plate, using wrenches.

• 4) Hoists carts of paste into position near machine and shovels paste into hopper.

• 5) Starts machine that automatically feeds grids or manually places grids between shoes.

• 6) Weighs wet plates on scale and changes elevation of scraper to produce plate of specified weight.

• 7) Installs device in machine that prevents pasting of center strip of panels and determines width of plates.

• 8) Sets temperature of dryer.

• 9) Cleans machine.

• 10) Changes conveyor belts or cheesecloth cover on roller, using handtools.

• 11) May tend machine that breaks finished double-grid plates into single units.

• 12) May segregate defective plates, stack acceptable plates in box, and set aside for curing period.

• 13) May clean edges and lugs of plates, using wire brush.

• 14) May mix lead-oxide powders, water, and acids into paste.