| Job Title |
Cupola Tender |
| Job Description |
Controls Cupola Furnace To Melt And Refine Iron, Scrap Metal,
And Other Additives To Produce Gray Iron Castings: Closes And
Props Door In Bottom Of Cupola. Shovels Sand Into Cupola And
Tamps Sand To Form Wedge-shaped Layer On Cupola Bottom Sloping
Toward Taphole. Kindles Fire, Using Gas Torch, To Ignite Coke
Bed In Cupola, And Starts And Sets Speed Of Blowers That Supply
Air To Cupola. Signals Cupola Charger (foundry) 512.686-010 To
Begin Charging Metal, Coke, And Limestone Into Cupola. Reads
Gauges Indicating Temperature Of Molten Metal In Cupola And
Amount Of Air Flowing Into And Out Of Cupola, And Adjusts
Controls Accordingly. Taps Molten Metal From Cupola. Estimates,
From Color Of Slag Draining From Surface Of Molten Metal,
Physical Properties Of Metal Being Melted. Pulls Prop From
Bottom Doors Of Cupola, When Shutting Down Furnace, To Allow
Residual Materials To Drop Out. May Charge Layer Of Excelsior,
Rags, And Wood Over Sand Bed To Protect Cupola From Initial
Charge Of Coke And To Ignite Fuel.
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