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"GLASS-WORKER, PRESSED OR BLOWN"
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Job Description:

  • 1) Performs any combination of following tasks to produce pressed or blown glassware from molten glass: Balances gather on blowpipe, and blows through and simultaneously rotates blowpipe to maintain gather in globular form for blocking, redipping, or final shaping.

  • 2) Moves controls that open hinged molds to receive gather for shaping by press or attaches blower head to opening of blank-filled mold and turns valve to admit compressed air that shapes blank to mold contour.

  • 3) Removes glassware from mold, using pincers or fork, or catches ware from inverted molds on paddle and carries ware to reheating furnace, glazing machine, or lehr.

  • 4) Strikes glassware with metal bar to break ware from blowpipe.

  • 5) Removes excess glass from ware, using bar, hand cutter, flame, or saw.

  • 6) Inspects glassware for defects, such as cracks, chips, and malformations.

 

 

 


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DOT:   772.687-010

Job Number: 4547