Job Description:

• 1) Tends chiller and centrifugal drier that crystallize diluted caustic soda solution and remove liquid from crystallized product: Starts pump to transfer caustic soda solution and water into dilution tank and determines specific gravity of diluted solution, using hydrometer.

• 2) Pumps solution through refrigerating unit and into chiller.

• 3) Observes consistency of crystallized slurry flowing from chiller to centrifuge, and turns valves to regulate feed rate and maintain slurry at specified consistency.

• 4) Tends centrifugal drier to remove liquid component of slurry.

• 5) May turn valve to heat centrifuge unit if machine is so equipped.

• 6) Inspects feed and outlet pipes of equipment and flushes lines, using hose, to prevent clogging.