Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that flattens pile of fabrics preparatory to dyeing or printing or to raise, soften, and fluff pile after wet-finishing processes: Positions truck of material at entry end of machine and sews end of cloth to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine.

• 2) Presses button to set carding or brushing rollers according to finish specified.

• 3) Starts machine and observes flow of cloth through machine to detect wrinkles, holes, and cloth seams.

• 4) Smooths wrinkles by hand.

• 5) Moves lever to lower cloth from rollers as holes and seams pass through machine.

• 6) Doffs cloth from swing-folding attachment.

• 7) May tend machine arranged in tandem with other finishing equipment.