Will “Roving Frame Tender” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Tend spinning frames that draw out and twist roving or sliver into yarn.

• Replace depleted supply packages with full packages.

• Inspect products to verify that they meet specifications and to determine whether machine adjustment is needed.

• Stop machines when specified amount of products has been produced.

• Tend machines that twist together two or more strands of yarn or insert additional twists into single strands of yarn to increase strength, smoothness, or uniformity of yarn.

• Unwind lengths of yarn, thread, or twine from spools and wind onto bobbins.

• Observe bobbins as they are winding and cut threads to remove loaded bobbins, using knives.

• Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oilcans, and grease guns.

• Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.

• Tend machines with multiple winding units that wind thread onto shuttle bobbins for use on sewing machines or other kinds of bobbins for sole-stitching, knitting, or weaving machinery.

• Start machines, monitor operation, and make adjustments as needed.

• Measure bobbins periodically, using gauges, and turn screws to adjust tension if bobbins are not of specified size.

• Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.

• Record production data such as numbers and types of bobbins wound.

• Place bobbins on spindles and insert spindles into bobbin-winding machines.

• Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.

• Remove spindles from machines and bobbins from spindles.

• Adjust machine settings such as speed or tension to produce products that meet specifications.

• Repair or replace worn or defective parts or components, using hand tools.

• Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.

• Install, level, and align machine components such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, or needles to set up machinery for operation.

• Study guides, samples, charts, and specification sheets, or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine setup requirements.

• Observe operations to detect defects, malfunctions, or supply shortages.