Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment that washes, treats, and dries formed dry-charge battery plates: Turns valve to drain water into bath compartment.

• 2) Mixes solutions, according to specifications, in measuring tank and drains solutions into other compartments.

• 3) Ignites oven burner and starts blower.

• 4) Observes thermometer and gauges and adjusts temperature control and valves to maintain specified temperature and pressure in dryer.

• 5) Starts and regulates speed of conveyor that conveys batteries through bath, solutions, and dryer.

• 6) Determines oxygen content of gas in oven, using testing device and adjusts airflow to reduce oxidation of plates.

• 7) Transfers batteries from forming department to machine, using handtruck.

• 8) Strips connectors from batteries and loads batteries into racks in water bath.

• 9) Loads containers from pallet to handtruck at discharge end of machine.

• 10) Unloads batteries from dryer and tests each battery for moisture content, using resistance meter.

• 11) Segregates damp batteries and inserts dry batteries in containers according to specified polarity.

• 12) Transfers batteries to final assembly area, using handtruck.

• 13) May tend conveyor-equipped drying compartment that dries battery plates and be designated Plate-Drying-Machine Tender.