Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment that produces aluminum powder from molten aluminum: Installs ceramic tube in furnace and positions air nozzle and power collection duct as specified.

• 2) Taps furnace to allow molten aluminum to flow through ceramic tube where it is transformed into powder by blast from air nozzle and blown into powder collection duct.

• 3) Observes flow of metal and adjusts air nozzle to regulate fineness of powder.

• 4) Sifts powder sample through series of sieves and weighs contents remaining in each sieve to estimate quantity of each grade of powder.