How do they match: Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

  • Chip slag from linings of ladles or remove linings when beyond repair, using hammers and chisels.
  • Drill holes in furnace walls, bolt overlapping layers of plastic to walls, and hammer surfaces to compress layers into solid sheets.
  • Install clay structures in melting tanks and drawing kilns to control the flow and temperature of molten glass, using hoists and hand tools.
  • Install preformed metal scaffolding in interiors of cupolas, using hand tools.
  • Remove worn or damaged plastic block refractory linings of furnaces, using hand tools.