Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Set up, operate, or tend paper goods machines that perform a variety of functions, such as converting, sawing, corrugating, banding, wrapping, boxing, stitching, forming, or sealing paper or paperboard sheets into products.

Job Task

• Adjusts guide assembly and folding mechanism according to specifications, using hand tools.
• Cuts products to specified dimensions using hand or power cutters.
• Disassembles machines to repair or replace broken or worn parts using hand or power tools.
• Removes finished cores and stacks or places them on conveyor for transfer to other work areas.
• Installs attachments to machines for gluing, folding, printing, or cutting.
• Places roll of paper or cardboard on machine feedtrack and threads paper through gluing, coating, and slitting rollers.
• Fills glue and paraffin reservoirs and loads automatic stapling mechanism.
• Examines completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work orders.
• Observes operation of various machines to detect machine malfunctions and makes corrections for product to meet specifications.
• Starts machine and regulates tension on pressure rolls, synchronizes speed of machine components and temperature of glue or paraffin.
• Measures, spaces, and sets saw blades, cutters, and perforators, according to product specifications.

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