Profession corrugator operator
Corrugator operators tend a machine which folds a sheet of heavy paper in a wave-like pattern and covers it on both sides to create a lightweight, sturdy material suitable for packaging.
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Personality Type
- Realistic / Conventional
Knowledge
- Types of paper
The different criteria used to determine differences in paper types such as coarseness and thickness, and the different fabrication methods and wood types from which the types of paper stem.
- Flute sizes
Flute sizes refer to the number of flutes per linear foot and its thickness. Flutes are the waves and arches on a corrugated box and make up the structure of corrugated paperboard, giving it rigidity and strength.
Skills
- Monitor paper reel
Overview the jumbo paper reel, which winds the paper at the right tension onto a core.
- Work safely with machines
Check and safely operate machines and equipment required for your work according to manuals and instructions.
- Operate corrugator
Set up and monitor the machine that corrugates face paperboard to form corrugated paperboard material for containers. The machine runs paper sheets through splices and corrugating rolls, where steam and heat is applied and flutes are formed. Glue is applied and the flute is fused with two lineboards to produce a single corrugated board.