Responsibilities and Duties
• Tends heated presses that mold and cure.
• Moves mold to press, using powered truck or hand truck.
• Sprays inner surface of mold with lubricant to prevent rubber from sticking.
• Positions preform rubber per instructions in mold cavity or transfer pot.
• May insert metal parts in mold cavities to join with rubber during process.
• Closes mold, pushes it into press or moves lever to raise lift-table.
• Sets timer for specified curing time.
• Pulls mold from press, strips articles from mold.
• Tears flash ring from edge of workpieces.
• Removes rind from molds, using air hose or steel wool.
• May cut preform rubber for molding.