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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Tends battery of automatic machines that assemble shotgun shells and print load information on shell body: Starts machine and observes operation for jams in hoppers, feed tubes and channels, rotary feed plates, and loading and crimping mechanisms. Removes jammed shell components, using fingers or wire hook. Examines samples of completed shells at specified intervals to detect incomplete crimping, bulging wads, and blurred printing. Measures length, head thickness, and diameter, using fixed gauges. Cuts open shell with knife and weighs powder and shot charge on grain scale to ensure charges are within specified limits and wads are correctly placed within shells. Periodically obstructs flow of powder and wads to ensure that automatic warning devices are functioning. Communicates with HOPPER FEEDER (ordnance) and packing workers regarding operational difficulties, quality, quantity, and changeover of shells that corrective action may be taken, using intercom system. Cleans machines of powder, shot, and scrap, using brush and vacuum cleaner. Notifies LOADING-MACHINE TOOL-SETTER (ordnance) of machine malfunctioning. (references) |
| Drives self-propelled electric loading machine equipped with gathering arms and conveyor to load shattered coal, rock, or ore into shuttle or mine cars in underground mine: Drives machine into pile of material blasted from working face. Moves levers to raise and swivel multisectioned conveyor boom and to start conveyor boom and gathering-arm motors. Advances machine to gather material and convey it into car at rear. Stops gathering arms when car is full. Pries off loose material from roof and moves it into path of machine with crowbar. Moves trailing electrical cable clear of obstructions, using rubber safety gloves. May replace hydraulic hoses, headlight bulbs, and gathering-arm teeth. (references) | |
| Tends machine that loads small arms cartridges with powder and inserts bullets: Inserts bullets in holes of dial feed plate and observes cartridge case feed lines for tipped and inverted cases. Notifies LOADING-UNIT TOOL-SETTER (ordnance) of machine malfunction. Measures samples of loaded cartridges for conformance to specifications, using go-not-go gauges. May replenish powder supply. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: LOADING-MACHINE OPERATOR |
| Specialty definitions using "LOADING-MACHINE OPERATOR": LOADING-MACHINE-OPERATOR HELPER. (references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 4F 41 44 49 4E 47 2D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01001111 01000001 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L O A D I N G - M A C H I N E   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 004F 0041 0044 0049 004E 0047 002D 004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 004E 0045 004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46493538434841154735374243483924950395235544952 |
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