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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Tends machine that winds yarn, thread, or textile selvage from bobbins, $T3cones,$T1 cops, or tubes into skeins for dyeing or shipment: Places supply package of yarn, thread, or selvage on spindles. Threads ends of yarn through guides and wraps or ties them around swift (long collapsible reel). Starts machine and observes yarn for breaks. Stops machine to tie or sew broken ends together and replace exhausted supply packages. Cuts yarn with knife or scissors when specified amount of yarn is reeled, and ties ends of skein together. Laces string through and around skein to prevent tangling. Pulls levers to collapse reel and slides skeins off end of reel or observes automatic discharge to detect tangles. May set dial of revolution counter to measure yardage wound. May tie several skeins into bundle. May be designated according to material wound as Twine-Reeling Machine Operator (tex. prod., nec). (references) |
| Sets up and operates reeling machine to round out and burnish inside and outside surfaces of seamless steel tubes: Sets distance between rolls according to size of pipe shell and positions mandrel support bar between rolls. Installs specified plug on mandrel. Moves controls to push tube along conveyor, through stationary guides, and into rotating rolls that force tube over mandrel. Turns handwheel to maintain roll pressure on pipe shell to smooth surfaces and round out tube to specified diameter. (references) | |
| Tends machine that spreads cloth from rope to open form and reels it preparatory to drying or other processing: Positions drum of roped cloth in front of machine. Draws end of cloth from top of drum and ties or stitches end of cloth to cloth in machine. Starts machine and turns drum by hand to ensure that cloth emerges from drum and winds untwisted onto reel. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 45 4C 49 4E 47 2D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01000101 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E E L I N G - M A C H I N E   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0045 004C 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)52393946434841154735374243483924950395235544952 |
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