PRESS TENDER

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Tends heated presses that mold and cure rubber goods or sports equipment, such as bowling balls, golf and tennis ball covers, and golf ball cores: Moves mold to press, using powered truck or handtruck. Sprays inner surface of mold with lubricant to prevent rubber from sticking. Positions $T3preform rubber,$T1 half-shells, or cores in mold cavities or on lower die and places upper die over rubber. May insert metal parts in mold cavities to join with rubber during process. Closes mold and pushes it into press or moves lever to raise lift-table. Closes and starts press. Sets timer for specified curing time. Pulls mold from press and strips articles from mold. Tears $T3flash$T1 ring from edge of workpieces. Removes rind from molds, using airhose and steel wool. May cut preform rubber for molding. May be designated according to articles molded as Curer, Acid Drum (rubber goods); Gasket Molder (rubber goods); Golf Ball Molder (toy-sport equip.); Heel Molder (rubber goods); Outsole Molder (rubber goods); Rubber-Heel-And-Sole Press Tender (rubber goods). (references)
	Tends battery of presses that automatically mix ingredients, and knead and extrude dough for use in making macaroni products: Installs specified dies in presses, using handtools. Sets automatic weighing device. Opens valves to admit prescribed ingredients into mixing unit and turns dials that control rate of flow of material through processing units. Starts machines that trim and rack extruded strands of long goods over drying sticks (rods) and convey them into preliminary drying chamber, or extrude short goods onto conveyor chutes leading to series of driers. Observes presses in operation to ensure progressive movement of mixture. Regulates speed of press to control product quantity. Observes color of dough and feels its consistency to determine, from knowledge and experience, if product conforms to standard. May be designated according to type press product as Press Tender, Long Goods (food prep., nec); Press Tender, Short Goods (food prep., nec). (references)
	Removes, flexes, jogs, and stacks printed sheets or folded signatures from discharge unit of web printing press: Removes folded signatures from web press and places signatures on pallet or skid for removal to other area. Removes printed sheets from automatic stacking mechanism of web press, flexes stack of sheets between hands and taps stack into alignment, using hands and fingers, or places stack on vibrating jogging table and guides stack into precise alignment, and places stack on pallet or skid for removal. May adjust stacking mechanism on press according to paper dimensions. May load and remove rolls of paper on press. May operate mechanical truck to remove paper from press. May clean press and press components to maintain web printing press in working order. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: PRESS TENDER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-n-p-r-r-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: presenters, pretenders, represents.
	-2 letters: derepress, deserters, pesterers, presented, presenter, pretender, pretenses, repenters, repetends, represent, repressed, speedster, tenderers, tendresse.
	-3 letters: deepness, deserter, enterers, pensters, pertness, pestered, pesterer, preeners, presents, presters, preteens, pretends, pretense, reenters, renested, repented, repenter, repetend, resented, serenest, serpents, sneerers, speeders, spenders, steepens, steepers, steerers, tenderer, terpenes, terreens, terrenes.
	-4 letters: deepens, deepest, densest.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-n-p-r-r-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: interspersed.
	+2 letters: pervertedness.
	+3 letters: misrepresented.
	+4 letters: pervertednesses.
	+5 letters: superheterodynes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.