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Middle-Card Tender

DOT Code: 680.665-018

Industry: nonmet. min.; textile
Alternate Titles: alley tender; intermediate-card tender

Tends intermediate carding machines that open, clean, mix, and straighten wool, asbestos, or synthetic fibers and deliver carded stock to finisher card: Patrols area between breaker and finisher cards and observes intermediate carding to detect clogged rollers and breaks in carded web (thin, web-like film of fibers). Stops machine, removes fiber from clogged rollers, and pieces up broken web by rolling and twisting fibers between fingers. Signals Finisher-Card Tender (nonmet. min.; textile) to restart carding machines. Oils machine. Cleans machine, using airhose and rake.

GOE: 06.04.06 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77