A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.

ORDER XIX.—WORKERS IN OTHER MATERIALS

Sub-order 1.—Workers in Rubber, Vulcanite, Ebonite

603.—Vulcanisers

cure man, curer: see vulcaniser.
endorsing stamp maker: see vulcaniser (endorsing stamp).
pressman, steam: see vulcaniser, press.
vulcaniser (endorsing stamp) ; endorsing stamp maker: presses special composition over compositor's set-up type to make endorsing stamp mould; drys [sic] mould on hot plate, fills with plastic rubber and vulcanises as for vulcaniser, press.
vulcaniser, cold ; cure man, curer (cold): (i) vulcanises thin rubber articles by dipping them into di-sulphide of carbon, or other vulcanising agent;; (ii) supervises machine which vulcanises special kinds of waterproof cloth by passing it over rollers running in trough of vulcanising liquid; guides cloth to rollers; operates starting and stopping levers; replenishes troughs.
vulcaniser, ebonite: a press vulcaniser or a steam vulcaniser q.v. engaged in vulcanising ebonite.
vulcaniser, hot air ; cure man, curer (hot air): feeds material to be vulcanised to feeding roller in hot-air chamber; closes chamber door and operates hand lever, causing material to pass slowly over rollers in chamber; feeds vulcanised material as it issues from chamber on to receiving roller outside.
vulcaniser press ; cure man, curer (press), steam pressman: a steam vulcaniser q.v. who puts rubber articles in a mould; places iron plate on top and inserts between hollow steam-heated plates in a vulcanising press.
vulcaniser, steam ; cure man, curer (steam): puts rubber articles into vulcanising vessels or into steam-heated chamber; turns on steam, and in cases where pressure-regulation is not automatic watches gauges and regulates steam cocks to see that necessary steam pressure is maintained during vulcanisation.

From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain.