Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

What Does a Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders Do?

Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
• 2Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
• 3Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.
• 4Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings.
• 5Fill machines with glue, cement, or adhesives.
• 6Perform test production runs and make adjustments as necessary to ensure that completed products meet standards and specifications.
• 7Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
• 8Read work orders and communicate with coworkers to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments and supply and product specifications.

Required Skills

• Operation and Control
• Operations Monitoring
• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• SAP software