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Glass-cylinder flanger

A professional who forms flange on open ends of glass tubes used in manufacturing laboratory and medical instruments and apparatus, using gas burner and handtools. Responsibilities include:

  • Rotates glass tube over gas burner to heat end of tube.
  • Inserts end-opening tool into tube to flare opening and closes jaws of flange-forming tool to shape flange.
  • May rotate flange over gas burner to glaze flange or to add or remove glass to obtain uniformity of finished flare.
  • May trim edge of flange, using cutting tool.
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