Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that sprays finish on cloth to increase thickness and bulk of cloth: Places roll of cloth on holders, by hand or using hoist.

• 2) Sews end of cloth to leader, using sewing machine mounted on feed-end of spraying machine.

• 3) Adjusts air pressure control, observes gauges, and turns knob to start flow of finish from tanks through spray apparatus.

• 4) Adjusts temperature control and observes gauges to regulate heat in gas flame dryer and hot air drying compartments, according to temperature chart.

• 5) Starts machine and observes cloth passing through spray cabinet to ensure that finish is sprayed evenly on cloth.

• 6) Stops machine and adjusts air pressure control, nozzles on spray apparatus, or cleans clogged nozzles if finish is not uniform.

• 7) Measures cloth emerging from drying compartment to detect width shrinkage and adjusts temperature controls as needed.

• 8) Removes roll of cloth from machine by hand or using hoist, or pushes handtruck from under swing-folding attachments.

• 9) Places empty beam on machine or pushes empty handtruck under swing-folding attachment.

• 10) May tend machine equipped with doctor to scrape excess size from material.

• 11) May pour finish from containers into tanks.

• 12) May be designated according to finish used as Blow-Machine Tender, Starch Spraying.