Job Description:

• 1) Tends vacuum screen that screens magnesium liquor and briquette press equipment that presses screened residue to form briquettes of periclase: Flips control panel switches to start multilevel arrangement of vacuum screen feeder wheel, vacuum screen hearth kiln, and briquette press.

• 2) Observes vacuum screen feeder wheel to verify that cups positioned on feeder wheel are full of magnesium liquor for emptying onto vacuum screen.

• 3) Turns dials on control panel to adjust speed of vacuum screen feeder wheel and vacuum screen to control thickness of filter cake, following prescribed procedure.

• 4) Reads counter on feeder wheel to determine revolutions per hour and records totals in logbook.

• 5) Moves control knobs to adjust amount of filter cake fed from hearth furnace onto conveyor and into briquette press.

• 6) Turns knobs to regulate speed and pressure of briquette rollers that form briquettes.

• 7) Observes indicator lights and gauges on control panels to detect equipment malfunction and notifies supervisor.

• 8) Records equipment downtime in logbook.