OXYGEN-FURNACE OPERATOR

  

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OXYGEN-FURNACE OPERATOR

Specialty Definition: OXYGEN-FURNACE OPERATOR

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Occupations

Operates oxygen furnace and auxiliary equipment from pulpit to produce specified types of steel: Moves controls to position furnace for charging operation. Observes temperature gauges and recorders, and moves controls to position oxygen lance and regulate flow of oxygen through lance onto charge. Sets weight indicator gauge according to specified amount of additives to be added to charge. Starts automatic weighing machine that releases additives, such as fluorspar, lime, and alloys, from bins onto conveyor leading to chute over furnace. Moves lever to release additives from chute into furnace. Moves controls to adjust position of oxygen lance in furnace, regulate oxygen flow, or adjust hood draft when sparking or slopping of charge occurs or furnace overheats. Moves controls to position transfer car, carrying ladle and slag pots, under taphole and to tilt furnace for tapping operation. Records operation data. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: OXYGEN-FURNACE OPERATOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 58 59 47 45 4E 2D 46 55 52 4E 41 43 45      4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01011000 01011001 01000111 01000101 01001110 00101101 01000110 01010101 01010010 01001110 01000001 01000011 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#88 &#89 &#71 &#69 &#78 &#45 &#70 &#85 &#82 &#78 &#65 &#67 &#69 &#32 &#79 &#80 &#69 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0058 0059 0047 0045 004E 002D 0046 0055 0052 004E 0041 0043 0045      004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

495859413948154055524835373924950395235544952

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