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ROVING TENDER [3 records]

Record 1 2023-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
DEF

A person who operates a machine for roving fibers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2023-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

roving tender : Tends slubber machines that draw out and loosely twist sliver into roving to strengthen sliver for subsequent drawing and twisting operations : Fastens ends of sliver from full cans to preceding ends by overlapping and twisting ends with fingers, or threads sliver over guide, through rolls and flyers, and onto bobbins....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Industries du textile
OBS

Banc à broches: machine faisant partie de l'ensemble du matériel de filature et s'intercalant, en filature de lin et de coton, entre les bancs d'étirage et les métiers à filer. (Son travail consiste essentiellement à étirer le ruban textile qui l'alimente, à lui donner une faible torsion, ce qui le transforme en une mèche, et à envider cette mèche sur un bobinot, toutes ces opérations s'effectuant simultanément.

Key term(s)
  • préposé aux bancs à broches

Spanish

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