| Job Title |
Scientific Glass Blower |
| Job Description |
Fabricates, Modifies, And Repairs Experimental And Laboratory
Glass Products, Using Variety Of Machines And Tools, And
Provides Technical Advice To Scientific And Engineering Staff On
Function, Properties, And Proposed Design Of Products, Applying
Knowledge Of Glass Technology: Confers With Scientific Or
Engineering Personnel To Exchange Information And Suggest Design
Modifications Regarding Proposed Glass Apparatus, Such As
Distillation And High-vacuum Systems. Cuts Glass Tubing Of
Specified Type, Using Cutting Tools, Such As Glass Saw And
Hot-wire Cutter. Heats Glass Tubing Until Pliable, Using Gas
Torch, And Blows, Bends, And Shapes Tubing To Specified Form,
Using Blowhose, Handtools, And Manual Pressure. Performs
Finishing Operations To Fabricate Glass Product Or Section,
Using Machines And Equipment, Such As Lapping And Polishing
Wheels, Spot-welding And Sandblasting Machines,
Internal-plating Equipment, And Drill Press. Measures Products
To Verify Dimensions, Using Optical Scanner, Micrometers, And
Calipers, And Examines Glass Coloration For Degree Of Internal
Stress, Using Polariscope, To Determine Annealing Requirements.
Anneals Products, Using Annealing Oven. Joins And Seals
Subassemblies To Assemble Finished Product, Using Gas Torch,
Handtools, And Vacuum Pump. May Operate Special Equipment, Such
As Radio-frequency-fusing Machine, To Bond Glass To Metal,
Quartz, And Ceramic Materials. May Identify Glass Of Unknown
Composition By Heating With Gas Torch And Evaluating Curvature,
Bondability, And Color Characteristics. May Direct And Train
Glass Blowers, Laboratory Apparatus (glass Products; Inst. &
App.). May Design Fixtures For Use In Production Of Prototype
Glass Products And Prepare Sketches For Machine-shop Personnel.
May Prepare Cost Estimates For Prototype Glass Products. May
Requisition Or Recommend Purchase Of Materials, Tools, And
Equipment. May Specialize In Specific Types Of Glass Scientific
Apparatus And Have Knowledge Of Effects Of Special Environments
On Glass, Such As Radioactivity, Vacuums, Gases, Chemicals, And
Electricity.
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