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POLYSTYRENE-BEAD MOLDER

Specialty Definition: POLYSTYRENE-BEAD MOLDER

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Operates preexpander and continuous molding machine that expands and molds polystyrene beads under heat and pressure, forming bead board: Reads work order to determine resin type and density requirements for bead board production. Shoves intake tube in resin and presses tube into coupling of venturi feed system. Presses buttons and turns valves to activate centrifuge, supply steam, and feed resin to expander. Fills volumetric can with beads and weighs beads to determine density, using balance scale. Compares bead density with production requirements. Reads steam pressure and temperature gauges and turns steam valve or rotates auger disk, adjusting heat and resin feed rate to control bead density. Connects hose of molder feed hopper to aging bin and pushes feed hopper into place to feed molding machine. Turns venturi feed valve, sending air through feeder to draw beads from hopper into molder. Starts molding machine. Guides bead board from molder through rollers of trimmer and saw to start board. Monitors gauges and observes operation of molding machine and equipment to ensure operation according to specifications. Inspects bead board for specified fusion and finish. Turns steam and air valves to adjust heat and bead feed rate to prevent machine overload and to correct flaws in bead board. Records lot number of resin, feed rate, and steam pressure, for various densities and board dimensions. Computes production in board feet to determine output. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: POLYSTYRENE-BEAD MOLDER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 4F 4C 59 53 54 59 52 45 4E 45 2D 42 45 41 44      4D 4F 4C 44 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001111 01001100 01011001 01010011 01010100 01011001 01010010 01000101 01001110 01000101 00101101 01000010 01000101 01000001 01000100 00100000 01001101 01001111 01001100 01000100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#79 &#76 &#89 &#83 &#84 &#89 &#82 &#69 &#78 &#69 &#45 &#66 &#69 &#65 &#68 &#32 &#77 &#79 &#76 &#68 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004F 004C 0059 0053 0054 0059 0052 0045 004E 0045 002D 0042 0045 0041 0044      004D 004F 004C 0044 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

504946595354595239483915363935382474946383952

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