Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that crimps thermoplastic yarn to increase bulk, add elasticity, and provide yarn with a soft hand: Places supply packages on spindles and threads yarn ends through guides, feed rolls, and into crimping attachments.

• 2) Pulls yarn ends from stuffer boxes of crimping attachments, using wire hook, threads ends through guides, and attaches ends to takeup packages.

• 3) Observes flow of yarn through machine to detect breaks in yarn and signal lights to detect variations in temperature of crimping attachments.

• 4) Ties broken yarn ends by hand or with knotter and reports malfunction of machine to MACHINE FIXER.

• 5) Stops winding unit and doffs full package.

• 6) May wrap yarn packages in paper and pack packages in shipping containers.

• 7) Important variables may be indicated by trade name of yarn produced.