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       CODE: 584.682-010 Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): COATER (textile)
Operates range consisting of units, such as troughs, pickup roller, curing oven, and
tenter frame, to apply coatings, such as rubber, pyroxylin, or foam to fabrics, such as carpeting
or upholstery material, and to dry coating: Sews end of cloth to leader in machine, using portable
sewing machine, or threads end of fabric through rolls of machine. Starts pump to admit solution
into trough. Observes operation to detect skewed cloth and pushes buttons to control speed of
rollers that hold back or advance selvages to straighten cloth. Measures cloth emerging from tenter
frame to determine if cloth has been stretched and dried to specified width. Turns handwheel to
adjust distance between tenter chains. Turns switches to regulate speed of machine and temperature
of drying cabinet, and turns setscrew to set doctor blade for various cloth styles. Tests viscosity
of coating solution with viscosimeter and adds solvent or coating ingredients to bring solution to
specified viscosity. Doffs trucks of dry cloth at swing-folding attachment. May operate
machine equipped with condenser to recover evaporated solvent. May operate range to apply backing to
carpeting. May tend beamer that winds packages of fabric onto beams of continuous length to
facilitate further processing.
GOE: 06.02.21 STRENGTH: M GED: R3 M2 L2 SVP: 4 DLU: 80
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