Occupational Employment Statistics
51-9191 Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials. Excludes “Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders" (51-6042).
| Manufacturing | 170 | $27.14/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 110 | $22.94/hr | -7.6% |
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Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
| N/A | $25.08/hr | 1.4% |
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Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,330 | $27.58/hr | 1.9% |
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Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
| 240 | $27.23/hr | -2.6% |
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Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 140 | $25.89/hr | -5.3% |
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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 1,490 | $24.04/hr | -4.0% |
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Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 150 | $28.26/hr | -6.0% |
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Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
| 140 | $24.70/hr | -16.7% |
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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 2,840 | $23.02/hr | 0.6% |
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Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 790 | $24.67/hr | 5.5% |
- Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.
- Observe gauges, meters, and control panels to obtain information about equipment temperatures and pressures, or the speed of feeders or conveyors.
- Mount or load material such as paper, plastic, wood, or rubber in feeding mechanisms of cementing or gluing machines.
- Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
- Remove and stack completed materials or products, and restock materials to be joined.
- Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
- Read work orders and communicate with coworkers to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments and supply and product specifications.
- Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
- Clean and maintain gluing and cementing machines, using solutions, lubricants, brushes, and scrapers.
- Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings.