Job Description:

• 1) Tends vacuum-filter dewaterer and gas-fired pan-drier to prepare flake graphite from mill slurry: Starts pumps, filter, and drag mechanism on pan-drier.

• 2) Lights gas burners on drier with torch and turns valves to regulate temperature as judged by color of flame.

• 3) Turns valves to admit graphite slurry into dewaterer which extracts water and discharges damp graphite onto pan of drier.

• 4) Judges degree of dryness of graphite as drag mechanism moves it along length of drier pan.

• 5) Adjusts drying rate by regulating input rate of graphite slurry into dewaterer.

• 6) Removes filter paddles and replaces filter cloths, using mechanic's handtools.