Starts pumps to control flow of slaked lime and recovered chemicals into reactor tank, causticized solution to storage tanks, and lime sludge through washers to lime kiln, according to specifications. Vats, stills, ovens, furnaces, mixing machines, crushers, grinders, and related equipment or machines are usually involved.ĥ58.485-010 CAUSTIC OPERATOR (paper & pulp) Tends equipment to causticize sodium compounds recovered from paper manufacturing processes: Observes dial indicators, charts, flowmeters, and signal lights on panel to determine level and temperature of solution in reactor tank, rate that chemicals flow into reactor tank, level of lime sludge in settling tanks, and amount of sludge in washers.
Knowledge of a process and adherence to formulas or other specifications are required in some degree.
This category includes occupations concerned with refining, mixing, compounding, chemically treating, heat treating, or similarly working materials and products.
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