Job Description:

• 1) Operates strapping machine to glue, compress, and dry multiple strands of twisted fiber yarn to form straps used for packaging: Hangs cones of yarn on creel and empty spool on winder.

• 2) Turns valves to fill glue troughs.

• 3) Opens steam valves and observes thermometer to heat glue and drying cans to specified temperature.

• 4) Adjusts distance between dies to specified measurements, using handtools.

• 5) Threads strands through tension device, glue bath, compression dies, infrared tacking lamps, around drying can, and through roller and counter to spool.

• 6) Starts equipment and inspects finished strapping for strand separation, thickness, and width, visually or using gauges.

• 7) Cuts out faulty areas and splices cut ends together.

• 8) Replaces full spools on winder.

• 9) Observes creel, replaces emptying cones, and splices ends.

• 10) Repairs breaks in yarn by splicing ends.

• 11) Tags and marks full spools for identification.