Job Description:

• 1) Verifies performance of yarn texturing machines for conformance to specifications, using test equipment and instruments: Reviews work order to determine machine to be checked and type of inspection required.

• 2) Inspects machines for threading problems, such as incorrect placement of yarn and opened feed rollers.

• 3) Measures operation of machine components, such as oil roller, transverse bar, and rotating shaft of feed roll, to measure operation of machine, using counter, speed indicator, and stopwatch.

• 4) Observes and records factors, such as heat setting and package tube color of yarn.

• 5) Determines amount of tension on yarn, using tensioner.

• 6) Examines friction unit to ensure positioning of belt and to identify defects on unit, and measures speed of unit, using stroboscope.

• 7) Measures level of humidity, using psychrometer.

• 8) Compiles data of measurements taken of machine and machine operations and compares actual measurement with measurements from specifications book.

• 9) Notifies specified personnel of deviations from specifications.