Profession drawing kiln operator

Drawing kiln operators are responsible for continuous sheet flat glass production by manipulating the drawing kiln that processes molten glass.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Quality standards

  The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

Skills

• Regulate gas-firing

  Regulate the gas-firing on the glass sheets edges in order to avoid the slippage of the sheets from the guide wheels.

• Monitor automated machines

  Continuously check up on the automated machine's set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in order to identify abnormalities.

• Write batch record documentation

  Write reports on the manufactured batches history taking into account the raw data, tests performed and compliance to GMP of each batch of product.

• Observe glass under heat

  Observe the characteristics of the glass already set into the kiln so that cracking, warping or blistering is avoided.

• Adjust glass sheets

  Adjust glass sheets` thickness, according to the gauge readings, using asbestos pads on the sides of the kilns` cooling jacket.

• Troubleshoot

  Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

• Set up the controller of a machine

  Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.

• Maintain glass thickness

  Maintain the specified thickness of glass by adjusting the speed of rolls on the kiln.

• Supply machine

  Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the production line.

• Tend drawing kiln

  Tend the drawing kiln in order to draw glass sheets of flat glass according to specified thickness.

• Handle broken glass sheets

  Handle the damaged glass sheets so that they do not collapse into the kiln by closing the roll of the drawing kiln.

• Optimise production processes parameters

  Optimise and maintain the parameters of the production process such as flow, temperature or pressure.

• Consult technical resources

  Read and interpret such technical resources such as digital or paper drawings and adjustment data in order to properly set up a machine or working tool, or to assemble mechanical equipment.

• Light auxiliary gas jets

  Light gas jets in the kiln in order to heat the sheets of glass below breakage.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB