Job Description:

• 1) Tends spray driers that evaporate water from slurries, forming caked or powdered product: Pumps slurry to atomizer nozzle in drier and regulates spray of slurry as instructed.

• 2) Observes temperature recorders and adjusts valves, controls, and dampers to heat or cool and direct air through drier to evaporate water or solidify slurry.

• 3) Observes discharge conveyor for malfunctions or jamming to maintain uninterrupted flow of dried materials to storage.

• 4) Rakes out accumulated cake or powder remaining in drier, and clears clogged lines, using length of wire.

• 5) May place empty drums under discharge end of spray tower to be filled with specified amount of powdered emulsifier.

• 6) May tend auxiliary equipment, such as cyclone filters and scrubbing tower to refine product or recover usable materials.