Adjust filament tension

Description

Adjust the tension of the filament to be wound. Make sure the filament is not so lax as to produce unevenness in the workpiece, or so tight as to introduces deformations in the filament or lower the filament ratio to unacceptably low levels.

Alternative labels

filament tension adjusting
optimise filament tension
filament tension optimising
optimising filament tension
adjusting filament tension

Skill type

skill/competence

Skill reusability level

sector-specific

Relationships with occupations

Essential skill

Adjust filament tension is an essential skill of the following occupations:

Twisting machine operator: Twisting machine operators tend machines that spin two or more fibres together into a yarn. They handle raw materials, prepare them for processing, and use twisting machines for the purpose. They also perform routine maintenance of the machinery.
Winding machine operator: Winding machine operators tend machines that wrap strings, cords, yarns, ropes, threads onto reels, bobbins, or spools. They handle materials, prepare them for processing, and use winding machines for the purpose. They also perform routine maintenance of the machinery.
Spinning machine operator: Spinning machine operators produce yarns, twists, and other fibres by tending spinning, twisting, winding, and reeling machines. They handle raw materials, prepare them for spinning processes, and use machinery for the purpose. They also perform routine maintenance of the machinery.

Optional skill

Adjust filament tension is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

Filament winding operator: Filament winding operators tend, control and maintain machines that coat filament, usually fibreglass or carbon, in resin and wind them around a rotation mould to produce pipes, containers, tubes and other hollow cylindrical products.

 


 

References

  1. Adjust filament tension – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022