| Job Title |
Steam-conditioner Operator |
| Job Description |
Tends Equipment That Injects Steam Into Opened Hogsheads Of
Tobacco To Order Tobacco Prior To Further Processing: Slips End
Of Perforated Metal Tube Over Holder Of Hydraulic Press, Pushes
Hogshead Under Tube, And Presses Button To Activate Mechanism
That Pushes Tube Into Center Of Tobacco. Presses Button To
Release Tube And Raise Press. Pulls Hogshead From Bed Of Press,
Throws Canvas Cover Over Top Of Hogshead, Pushes Hogshead Into
Steam Chamber, And Connects Flexible Hose To End Of Tube
Protruding From Top Of Hogshead. Presses Buttons To Lower Door
To Seal Chamber And To Activate Steam. Turns Knobs To Build Up
Steam Pressure And To Activate Air Pressure That Forces Steam
Through Air Vents Of Tube Into Tobacco. Sets Timer And Observes
Light That Signals When Tobacco Has Been Conditioned To
Specifications. Flips Switch To Activate Exhaust Mechanism That
Removes Steam From Chamber. Presses Button To Raise Door. Pulls
Hogshead From Chamber And Removes Tube From Hogshead, Using
Overhead Chain Hoist. Pushes Hogshead To Feeder Conveyor.
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