"FURNACE WORKER"
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Job Description:
- 1) Loads green electrodes in gas or electric furnaces, packs them with insulating materials for firing, and cools and unloads them after processing, working as member of furnace crew: Dumps, levels, and tamps mixture of coke, sand, and sawdust on furnace bed.
- 2) Attaches sling to individual electrodes, and signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR in positioning electrodes in furnace.
- 3) Spreads coke over each layer of electrodes and tamps coke between electrodes to insulate them until specified number and layers of electrodes are loaded.
- 4) Spreads insulating mixture uniformly over top of charge.
- 5) Positions brick side blocks on side of furnace with aid of crane operator.
- 6) Signals crane operator in hoisting bus bars into place on electric furnace, and bolts bars to feeders and to furnace terminals.
- 7) Removes bus bars and side blocks after processing and pokes hole in insulating mix to observe color of electrodes.
- 8) Refills and tamps insulating mix in hole to prevent oxidation if charge is cooking too rapidly; or rakes, hoes, or shovels insulating mix from charge and quenches charge with water to speed cooling.
- 9) Shovels mixture into pile for reprocessing.
- 10) Attaches sling to processed electrodes and signals crane operator to remove them from furnace.
- 11) Cleans residue from electrodes, using airhose.
- 12) May be designated according to duty performed as Furnace Cooler; Furnace Loader; Furnace Packer; Furnace Unloader.
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Job Number: 4363