Job Description:

• 1) Tends table-feeding equipment that regulates flow of finely ground iron ore, coke, and flue dust from storage bins onto sintering machine conveyors: Starts table feeder and conveyor and adjusts rheostats to regulate speed of vibrating feeders.

• 2) Moves controls to regulate opening of feed gate according to rate of flow of material onto conveyor.

• 3) Observes equipment to detect malfunctions.

• 4) Clears clogged chutes or feed gates, using bar and shovel.

• 5) Fills sample box with material on conveyor, weighs sample, and records weight.

• 6) Reads weightometer scale and records weights of material being processed.