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DOT Code: 681.685-098

Industry: textile
Alternate Titles: coner; spooler; swift tender

Tends machine that simultaneously winds yarn from skeins onto spools or cones: Hangs skeins of yarn on rack and beats out (shakes or pulls) skeins to straighten yarn and facilitate winding. Inspects yarn to detect soil, color spots, or defective twisting and discards faulty skeins. Removes reel (swift) from machine, wraps skein of yarn around reel, and replaces reel. Cuts card holding yarn in place, using scissors. Threads end of yarn through guides and turns it around spool or cone and starts unit winding. Pieces up broken ends or ties new skeins with knotter. Observes winding operation and removes cones when full. Sets in empty cones. May be designated according to type of yarn wound as Lastex-Thread Winder (textile).

GOE: 06.04.06 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 3 DLU: 77