Profession tunnel kiln operator
Tunnel kiln operators control preheating chambers and tunnel kilns to preheat and bake clay products, such as bricks, sewer popes, mosaic, ceramic or quarry tiles. They observe gauges and instruments and adjust by turning valves if necessary. They pull loaded kiln cars in and out of the heaters and move them to a sorting area.
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Skills
- Transfer kiln-baked products
Transfer the baked products from the tunnel kiln into the sorting area by using a transfer car.
- Observe products' behaviour
Observe the color of fires and pyrometric cones under certain processing conditions such as high temperature.
- Monitor environmental parameters
Check the impact of manufacturing machinery on the environment, analysing temperature levels, water quality and air pollution.
- Tend tunnel kiln
Tend the tunnel kiln and the preheating chamber in order to perform the preheating and baking of clay products such as bricks, ceramics or sewer pipes.
- Preheat kiln car
Preheat the already loaded kiln car by transferring it from drier into the preheating chamber by using a car puller.
- Optimise production processes parameters
Optimise and maintain the parameters of the production process such as flow, temperature or pressure.
Optional knowledge and skills
types of tile write batch record documentation load pallets operate drying blowers tend drawing kiln adjust measuring machines use measurement instruments tend drying tunnels polish clay productsSource: Sisyphus ODB