Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine, consisting of series of subdivided tanks, that coats cloth with silicate or other chemical solution to strengthen and fluff cloth: Starts pumps to transfer chemicals and water into mixing tank above machine.

• 2) Determines specific gravity of solution, using hydrometer, and adds chemicals or water until required specific gravity is attained.

• 3) Threads end of roll of cloth through guides and squeeze rollers of tanks and over takeup reel at end of tanks.

• 4) Turns rheostat controls to obtain specified roller speed and tank temperature.

• 5) Turns valve to admit specified amount of silicate or other chemical solution into tanks.

• 6) Starts machine and observes cloth as cloth passes through tanks and onto takeup reel.