| Job Title |
Lye Treater |
| Job Description |
Tends Heated Kettle And Filter Press In Which Lye Is Treated
With Chemicals To Remove Undesirable Properties In Glycerine
Purification Process: Starts Pump To Transfer Premeasured Lye
Into Kettle, Starts Agitator To Mix Batch, And Turns Steam Valve
To Heat Kettle To Prescribed Temperature. Dumps Specified
Amounts Of Dry Chemicals Or Pumps Liquid Chemicals Into Kettle
To Attain Product Of Specified Concentration. Inspects Batch
Sample For Clarity And Submits Sample Laboratory For Testing.
Regulates Chemical Concentration Of Batch, Following Laboratory
Report. Pumps Batch Through Filter Press To Remove Materials
Precipitated During Treatment. Cleans Filter Press And Replaces
Filter Cloths, Using Handtools. Records Kettle Temperature,
Agitation And Treating Time, And Amount Of Chemicals Used In
Process.
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