Profession spinning machine operator

Spinning machine operators produce yarns, twists, and other fibres by tending spinning, twisting, winding, and reeling machines. They handle raw materials, prepare them for spinning processes, and use machinery for the purpose. They also perform routine maintenance of the machinery.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Types of thread

  Types of thread, such as unified thread, metric thread, square thread, ACME thread, buttress thread and their qualities and applications. 

Skills

• Maintain equipment

  Regularly inspect and perform all required activities to maintain the equipment in functional order prior or after its use.

• Measure yarn count

  Be able to measure yarn length and mass to assess fineness of roving, sliver and yarn in different measuring systems.Also able to convert into the various numbering system such as tex, Nm, Ne, denier, etc.

• Supply machine with appropriate tools

  Supply the machine with the necessary tools and items for a particular production purpose.

• Remove defective products

  Remove defective materials from the production line.

• Manufacture staple yarns

  Perform the operation, monitoring and maintenance of machines and processes to manufacture staple fiber yarns.

• Resolve equipment malfunctions

  Identify, report and repair equipment damage and malfunctions; communicate with field representatives and manufacturers to obtain repair and replacement components.

• Adjust filament tension

  Adjust the tension of the filament to be wound. Make sure the filament is not so lax as to produce unevenness in the workpiece, or so tight as to introduces deformations in the filament or lower the filament ratio to unacceptably low levels.

• Set the operation speed of manufacturing machines

  Define the adequate speed at which a manufacturing machine should operate in order to provide the required output in manufacturing processes.

• Maintain work standards

  Maintaining standards of work in order to improve and acquire new skills and work methods.

• Monitor machine operations

  Observe machine operations and evaluate product quality thereby ensuring conformity to standards.

• Tend spinning machines

  Operate spinning machines keeping efficiency and productivity at high levels.

• Set up machine controls

  Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure.

• Collect samples for analysis

  Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory analysis.

• Ensure health and safety in manufacturing

  Ensure health and safety of personnel during manufacturing process.

• Cut filament

  After the filament workpiece has been wound, cut the filament to release the workpiece.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB