Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that automatically rounds and backs bound signatures and forms grooved hinge space for book covers: Installs rounding form in machine, sets spacing of holding clamps and backing rollers, and adjusts turning of feeder according to size of sample book or work order specifications.

• 2) Starts machine that automatically rounds and backs test book.

• 3) Feeds book bodies into feed holder of machine.

• 4) Examines book bodies for conformance to specifications as book bodies are ejected sequentially from machine onto conveyor belt.

• 5) Stops machine when malfunctions occur.

• 6) May adjust machine as necessary to correct malfunction.

• 7) May remove and stack rounded and backed books on table.

• 8) May clamp partially rounded and backed books in press, fan signatures outward, and pound signatures into required curvature manually, using hammer.

• 9) May tend machine mounted in tandem with other bookbinding machines.