FURNACE HELPER

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Assists FURNACE OPERATOR (nonfer. metal; smelt. & refin.) by performing any combination of following duties: Seals furnace opening with fire clay and firebrick, using paddle and shovel. Charges furnace with materials, such as scrap, ore, flux, reagents, slimes, oxides, pellets, or coke, by moving levers to open bin or hopper gates, by shoveling, or by signaling FURNACE CHARGER (nonfer. metal; smelt. & refin.) or OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR (any industry) 921.663-010 to load furnace. Turns valves to force air through tuyeres into molten metal to oxidize impurities. Observes gauges and manipulates controls on panel to admit nitrogen to prevent igniting of magnesium. Stirs molten metal with green poles to prevent copper from oxidizing. Skims slag from molten metal, using bar, rabble, or ladle. Cleans slag from tuyeres to let air flow, using bar, hammer, or pneumatic drill. Signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR (any industry), or uses electric hoist, to position ladles or buckets near furnace, and moves levers to tilt furnace into pouring position. Scrapes and chips slag, solidified metal, furnace lining, and residue from furnace, using hammer, chisel, and scraper. Breaks condensers and defective retorts with sledgehammer for removal to crusher. Raps flues and dust catchers with bar to remove dust. Performs other duties as described under HELPER (any industry) Master Title. (references)
	Performs any combination of following tasks near heat-treat furnace: Transfers metal slabs, plates, sheets, and fabricated forms from tables and conveyors to furnace cars and trays, using hoist, handtruck, tractor or by hand. Loads and unloads material from heat-treating, and process-chamber furnaces. Feeds metal into straightening rolls. Breaks lumps of sludge from furnace pots, using airhammer, and shovels sludge into crushing machine. Cuts, identifies, and marks samples, using shear and crayon. Verifies dimensions with tape and micrometer. Separates scrap for remelt according to marking. May feed metal rods from coils into furnace, using hoist, and wind rods into coils as rods emerge from furnace, using winding mechanism. (references)
	Assists FURNACE OPERATOR (chemical) in decomposing salt cake to form hydrogen chloride: Shovels salt cake into furnace on startup. Removes scale from walls of furnace, using handscrapers, and cleans conveyors, salt-cake cooler, and crusher with brushes and handtools. May start motors and move controls as instructed to regulate flow of coolants, action of salt-cake crusher, and speed of conveyors that transfer salt-cake between furnace building and storage towers or bins. May drive tractor to transfer salt cake about plant. Performs other duties as described under HELPER (any industry) Master Title. (references)
	Observes flow of sawdust on conveyors leading to carbon-producing furnace and adjusts feed gates as necessary to maintain uniform flow. Positions sample cans under carbon-discharge spouts of furnace tubes and opens spouts to fill bottles for laboratory analysis, timing sampling with interval timer. Weighs and labels containers. Clears jams in feed and discharge conveyors, using rod. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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