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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Operates crushers, mixers, and blenders to grind, mix, and temper clay for use in molding ceramics products: Drives liftscoop tractor to convey clay from storage piles or bins and dumps material on crusher pit grates. Breaks up clay with bar or sledge. Starts crusher, conveyors, elevator, and vibrating screens to grind raw materials to specified size and to transport ground materials to storage bins. Examines screens and clears blockages, using wire brush. Weighs and dumps raw materials into mixing machine, following formula. Starts mixer and turns valve to feed water into mixing machine. Inserts instrument into mixture to measure water content. Discharges mixture onto conveyors leading to blending machine. Starts blending machine that mulls mixture into tempered clay. May be designated according to machine operated as Blender Operator (brick & tile); Crusher Operator (brick & tile); Mixer Operator (brick & tile); or according to kind of materials processed as Clay-Dry-Press-Mixer Operator (brick & tile); Silica-Mixer Operator (brick & tile). (references) |
| Tends one or more mills that grind materials, such as rock, ore, ingredients for food, drugs, and chemicals with steel, stone, or ceramic balls or rods: Pushes lever or adds balls to mill as needed or specified. Dumps material or opens flow gate to load mill. Secures cover plate. Starts and runs mill for specified time depending on size of load, grindability of material, and required fineness. Removes cover plate, attaches grid, and starts mill to discharge contents. When operating continuous ball mills, regulates inflow of materials and observes outflow to ensure attainment of specified product. May tend mill utilizing vacuum or other pressure. May tend steam-jacketed mill that heats materials during processing. May use mill to mix materials for wet or dry grinding. May keep production records. May be designated according to grinding agent as Ball-Mill Operator (any industry); Pebble-Mill Operator (chemical; paint & varnish); Rod-Mill Operator (any industry); or according to powder ground as Barytes Grinder (paint & varnish). (references) | |
| Tends machine that pulverizes solid or semisolid materials used in manufacturing chemicals and related products: Installs screens of specified type and mesh in machine, using handtools, or starts auxiliary shakers (vibrating screens) that size ground particles. Starts feed conveyors, or shovels or dumps materials into machine hopper. Starts grinder and observes ground product discharged onto conveyors or into containers for impurities, lumps, or improperly sized particles. Cleans machine and conveyors, using airhose, scrapers, and brushes, to prepare equipment for grinding subsequent batches. May shovel ground product into containers for storage, shipment, or further processing. May tend machines that fill bags or drums with product. May weigh containers of materials, record weight, and enter number of containers filled on inventory records. May be designated according to material or product ground as Filtrose Crusher (chemical); Paradichlorobenzene-Machine Operator (chemical). (references) | |
| Operates bank of roll grinders to grind grain into meal or flour: Opens and closes slides in spouts to route grain to various grinders and sifters. Turns wheels to adjust pressure of grinding rollers for each break (passage of grain between rollers), according to grain size and hardness, and adjusts feed chutes to regulate flow of grain to rollers. Inspects product and sifts out chaff to determine percentage of yield. Adjusts rollers to maintain maximum yield. Replaces worn grinding rollers, using handtools. May sift and bolt meal or flour. May clean and temper grain prior to grinding. May direct workers who drain and temper grain and bolt meal or flour. May be designated according to grain milled as Corn Miller (grain-feed mills). May operate burr mills instead of roll grinders to grind grain and be designated Burr-Mill Operator (grain-feed mills). (references) | |
| Tends equipment that pulverizes coal and conveys it to storage bins or boiler feed hoppers: Signals DRIER OPERATOR (utilities) to send dried coal to mill, and closes switch to set mill in operation. Moves levers to adjust automatic mechanism that controls feed rate of coal into pulverizing mill. Tends conveyors or pneumatic bulk-conveyor system to move pulverized coal to storage bins or boiler feed hoppers. Cleans, oils, and makes minor adjustments to machinery. (references) | |
| Tends machine that blends flour: Loads pallets with sacks of specified flour and transports them to blending machine, using truck. Dumps flour from sacks into machine hoppers. Holds sack over suction bag-cleaning device to remove remaining flour dust. Starts blender and turns dials to regulate speed of screw conveyors that mix flour in prescribed ratios. Records weights of flours blended. (references) | |
| Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in cleaning and grinding grain and in bolting flour to ensure milling, according to specifications. Feels flour during processing and adjusts grinding rolls and other equipment to mill product to specifications. Performs duties as described under SUPERVISOR (any industry) Master Title. (references) | |
| Tends mills that grind stockfeed: Turns gate valves on feed chute to regulate flow of materials into mills. Starts mills and turns handwheel to adjust distance between rollers to attain desired fineness of grind. Feels sample of product to verify fineness of grind. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: MILL OPERATOR |
| Specialty definitions using "MILL OPERATOR": grinder-mill operator ♦ MANOMETER TECHNICIAN, MILL HAND, PLATE MILL, MILL-OPERATOR HELPER. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-l-m-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: meliorator. | |
-3 letters: allotrope, imperator, patroller. | |
-4 letters: amitrole, imparter, impellor, implorer, importer, martello, operator, paltrier, petiolar, portlier, preallot, premolar, premoral, pretrial, priorate, proemial, promoter, reimport, retailor, rolamite, temporal, trampler, troopial. | |
-5 letters: airport, armoire, emporia, impaler, impearl, implore, ipomoea, lempira, literal, litoral, loamier, loopier, lorimer, maillot, maltier, marlier, marlite, marplot, melilot, meropia, moorier, morello, motlier, optimal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-l-m-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
+4 letters: morphometrically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 49 4C 4C 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01001001 01001100 01001100 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M I L L   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0049 004C 004C 004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4743464624950395235544952 |
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