How do they match: Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

  • Plastic Block Boiler Reliner
  • Bondactor Machine Operator

  • Drill holes in furnace walls, bolt overlapping layers of plastic to walls, and hammer surfaces to compress layers into solid sheets.
  • Fasten stopper heads to rods with metal pins to assemble refractory stoppers used to plug pouring nozzles of steel ladles.
  • 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.
  • Measure furnace walls to determine dimensions and cut required number of sheets from plastic block, using saws.
  • Mix specified amounts of sand, clay, mortar powder, and water to form refractory clay or mortar, using shovels or mixing machines.
  • Remove worn or damaged plastic block refractory linings of furnaces, using hand tools.
  • Transfer clay structures to curing ovens, melting tanks, and drawing kilns, using forklifts.

  • Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.