Basic Job Description:Operate or tend cementing and gluing machines to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.
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1) Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
2) Align and position materials being joined in order to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
3) Depress pedals to lower electrodes that heat and seal edges of material.
4) Fill machines with glue, cement, or adhesives.
5) Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions; report or resolve problems.
6) Mount or load material such as paper, plastic, wood, or rubber in feeding mechanisms of cementing or gluing machines.
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7) Observe gauges, meters, and control panels to obtain information about equipment temperatures and pressures, or the speed of feeders or conveyors.
8) Perform test production runs and make adjustments as necessary to ensure that completed products meet standards and specifications.
9) Read work orders and communicate with coworkers in order to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments, and supply and product specifications.
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10) Remove and stack completed materials or products, and restock materials to be joined.
11) Remove jammed materials from machines and readjust components as necessary to resume normal operations.
12) Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings.
13) Clean and maintain gluing and cementing machines, using solutions, lubricants, brushes, and scrapers.
14) Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
15) Maintain production records such as quantities, dimensions, and thicknesses of materials processed.
16) Measure and mix ingredients to prepare glue.
17) Transport materials, supplies, and finished products between storage and work areas, using forklifts.
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Holland / RIASEC Career Code: R-C-E SOC: 51-9191.00