Job Description:

• 1) Tends mixing machine, autoclave, and drier to mix, pack, solidify, and dry asbestos, dirt, charcoal, lime, water, and other ingredients to form absorbent packing for compressed acetylene gas: Meters out water and powdered ingredients, and dumps them into mixer.

• 2) Starts agitator to mix ingredients for specified period of time.

• 3) Opens chute to transfer mixture to vibrator.

• 4) Clamps cylinders to vibrator, and connects funnels and packing rods to cylinders.

• 5) Starts vibrator and rods that sift and pack mixture into cylinders.

• 6) Weighs cylinders to ascertain amount of mixture packed.

• 7) Rolls cylinders into autoclave, and turns valve to specified pressure level to solidify packing.

• 8) Rolls cylinders into drier, and turns thermostat to heat cylinders.

• 9) Installs valves and safety plugs on cylinders, and places them on scale.

• 10) Connects acetone feedlines to cylinders, using handtools, and turns valves to fill cylinders with acetone, according to specifications.