CARD TENDER

Domain	Definition
Mining	In the asbestos products industry, one who tends a carding machine that cleans asbestos, cotton, or other fibers; arranges fibers parallel; and transforms them from a roll or lap into a ropelike untwisted strand of cotton (sliver). Also called allye tender; card feeder; card hand; cardoperator; winder. (references)
Occupations	Tends carding machines that open, clean, and align cotton, asbestos, or other fibers, and convert $T3laps II$T1 of fibers into sliver: Feeds loose fibers onto feeder apron or into hopper of machine, or mounts lap of fiber on bracket at feed end of machine and threads end of lap through feeder rollers or attaches end to lap in machine by pinching ends together with fingers. Patrols work area and observes machine operation to detect exhausting fiber or lap supply, machine malfunctions, sliver or lap breaks, and full cans of sliver at discharge end of machine. $T3Pieces up$T1 broken sliver by rolling and twisting ends with fingers. Cleans machine, using brush, waste, and airhose. Replaces full cans of sliver with empty cans. May oil machine. May truck laps from picker room and hang laps on stands of machines. May tend machines that produce sliver from raw stock. May strip cards [CARD STRIPPER (textile) 680.685-014]. (references)
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Anagrams: CARD TENDER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-n-r-r-t"
	-2 letters: cantered, cratered, credenda, crenated, darneder, decadent, decanted, decanter, recanted, recanter, recrated, recreant, redacted, retarded, retraced, terraced.
	-3 letters: catered, caterer, centare, centred, cerated, created, credent, crenate, derated, enacted, reacted, recaned, recrate, redated, reenact, retrace, retread, terrace, terrane, tranced, treaded, treader, trended.
	-4 letters: anteed, ardent, cadent, canted, canter, carded, carder, careen, career, carnet, carted, carter.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-n-r-r-t"
	+2 letters: underreacted.
	+3 letters: counterraided.
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