Job Description:

• 1) Tends furnace driers, and auxiliary equipment that regenerate diatomaceous earth used as filtering medium: Opens valves on storage tank to allow dry earth to mix with mud discharged from filter.

• 2) Feels mixture and adjusts valves to obtain mixture that can be dried readily.

• 3) Moves controls to regulate flow of mixture to furnace driers, and temperatures of furnace to ensure specified regeneration.

• 4) Obtains samples of earth before and after regeneration for laboratory analysis.

• 5) Turns valves to route regenerated earth to storage bins.

• 6) Clears blockages in minglers, dust collector hoppers, and mud gauges.

• 7) Changes and cleans pump screens.

• 8) May be designated according to material regenerated as Kieselguhr-Regenerator Operator.