Job Description:

• 1) Tends sintering machine and auxiliary equipment, such as conveyors, pug mill, and suction fan, to produce sinter cake from finely ground iron ore, lead, coke, and flue dust: Turns gas valve of sintering machine and ignites burner with torch.

• 2) Moves controls on panelboard to start equipment.

• 3) Signals SINTER FEEDER to feed pug mill conveyor specified amounts of sinter material.

• 4) Feels mixture processed by pug mill to determine moisture content.

• 5) Moves controls to regulate water supply to pug mill to attain specified moisture in mixture.

• 6) Examines sinter cake produced by sintering machine and moves controls of machine to produce cake to specifications.

• 7) Chips sinter material from chutes and spouts of machine, using bar and hammer.

• 8) Records weight and type of materials used.