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Occupations | Sets up series of machines to load platefuls of small arms cartridges with powder and bullets: Changes setting screws on eccentric arm of shakers to adjust length of stroke of shaker table according to caliber and style of cartridge and bullet processed. Installs powder volume plate in loading unit and inserts blocks of punches and collets in presses to seat and crimp bullets, using handtools. Turns setscrews, stop nuts, and turnbuckles to adjust, by trial and error, side guides, backstops, conveyor fingers, and stroke of press gates, using height gauges. Distributes plates to each work station according to work requirements. Empties powder from volume plate into tray and weighs it, dividing by number of cartridges in plate to determine if total load and average per cartridge are within weights specified. Changes volume plate for one with larger or smaller cavities until total and average loads meet specifications. Observes unit in operation to detect malfunctioning. Starts machine to load plate of cartridges and sends samples to ballistics laboratory for approval before releasing unit to operating crew. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: LOADING-UNIT TOOL-SETTER |
| Specialty definitions using "LOADING-UNIT TOOL-SETTER": cartridge-loading operator ♦ LOADING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 4F 41 44 49 4E 47 2D 55 4E 49 54 54 4F 4F 4C 2D 53 45 54 54 45 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01001111 01000001 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01010101 01001110 01001001 01010100 00100000 01010100 01001111 01001111 01001100 00101101 01010011 01000101 01010100 01010100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L O A D I N G - U N I T   T O O L - S E T T E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 004F 0041 0044 0049 004E 0047 002D 0055 004E 0049 0054 0054 004F 004F 004C 002D 0053 0045 0054 0054 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46493538434841155548435425449494615533954543952 |
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