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It was a board converting plant. The product is not important. It was a continuous process and there was a need to apply a line of PVA adhesive to the edges of the board as it traveled through a series of rollers. The system was pressure fed from a central adhesive supply. The set up was probably designed for a smaller, precision application as there were fine, micrometer type adjustments everywhere. The adhesive application was from a “shoe” type of plate with fine holes at the base. The whole assembly was on a circular bar for lateral adjustment located across the machine. 
Are you a “Gunna” when it comes to paperwork and “stuff” on your desk ? It's all too common with Engineers. That magazine article that you must read (but haven't got the time right now), that product information that you need to catch up on (but haven't got the time right now), that hard copy of the report (but haven't got the time right now), those spare nuts and bolts, broken machine parts, the xxxx, the yyyy, the zzzz. 
It used to be a standard requirement for all Engineers, clipboards are good but a note book in the top pocket was better. An essential requirement for capturing those thoughts, quick calculations, the next major design breakthrough, explaining a theory, developing a concept, doodling in boring meetings and much much more. 
All too often
Time to get on the Soap Box for the 10 minute tirade.
"A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a
person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as
possible" - Freeman Dyson