Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and controls continuous pickling or electrolytic-cleaning line to remove dirt, oil, and scale from coils of brass, copper, or steel strip and wire: Turns valve to add acid to processing tanks and shovels inhibitor into tanks to obtain baths of specified acid concentration.

• 2) Installs and adjusts guides, pinch and leveler rolls, and side shears on processing line, according to specified dimensions of coils to be cleaned, using handtools.

• 3) Moves controls to regulate speed of coil through line, to shear coil on each side of weld or stitch, and to remove coil from upcoiler machine.

• 4) Verifies dimensions of pickled coils, using micrometer and measuring tapes.

• 5) Examines surface of coils to verify removal of dirt, oil, and scale.

• 6) Tests solution concentration in baths, using titration test equipment, and adjusts processing line controls to ensure conformance to specifications.

• 7) May be designated according to type of line controlled as Electrolytic De-Scaler.