Job Description:

• 1) Relines pots and rebuilds continuous anodes used in reduction of aluminum by performing any combination of following duties: Replaces spacers, shunts, risers, brackets, straps, supports, and collector bars in pots, using wrenches.

• 2) Attaches cables to pot superstructure and signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to lift it from pot.

• 3) Blows dust from top of anode, using air gun.

• 4) Cuts metal sheet to size, using shears or pneumatic cutter, bends it around stub of anode, and rivets it to casing.

• 5) Roughens top of stub, using fork, and pours carbon paste into form to build up anode to specified height.

• 6) Pours water into pot to loosen material.

• 7) Digs burned-out lining, insulation ore, bath material, and brick from interior of pot, using digger or jackhammer.

• 8) Lays brick base on pot floor and signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to dump carbon mix into pot.

• 9) Lines walls and floor with mix to specified depth, and tamps mix into cracks, using pneumatic hammer.

• 10) Reforms shell cavity with insulating board, masonite, plywood, or sheet metal.

• 11) Removes steel shell for repair, using hoist.