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"WOOD GRINDER OPERATOR"
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Job Description:

  • 1) Operates machines to grind logs or wood blocks into fibers used in making paper pulp, using one of following methods: Opens slide gate, tosses wood into grinder pocket, and moves lever to actuate hydraulic piston that presses wood against revolving grindstones.

  • 2) Adjusts panel controls to regulate conveyor system that feeds wood to hopper of grinder machines.

  • 3) Straightens wood in machine pocket or hopper to prevent jams, using picaroon.

  • 4) Turns valves to regulate spray of water to cool grindstones and to control consistency of pulp.

  • 5) Turns handwheel to raise or lower dam to control flow of pulp from discharge end of machine.

  • 6) Observes temperature gauge and color of pulp for evidence of burns caused by dull or broken grindstones and notifies WOOD GRINDER, HEAD of defects.

  • 7) May be designated according to type of machine operated as Pocket-Grinder Operator; Ring-Grinder Operator.

 

 

 


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DOT:   530.662-014

Job Number: 12088