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AI for Refractory Repairers

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Build or repair equipment such as furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits, and ovens, using refractory materials.

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons · O*NET 49-9045.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

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  • Maintenance management software
  • Time tracking software

What this job involves

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  1. Measure furnace walls to determine dimensions and cut required number of sheets from plastic block, using saws.
  2. Reline or repair ladles and pouring spouts with refractory clay, using trowels.
  3. Dry and bake new linings by placing inverted linings over burners, building fires in ladles, or by using blowtorches.
  4. Remove worn or damaged plastic block refractory linings of furnaces, using hand tools.
  5. Chip slag from linings of ladles or remove linings when beyond repair, using hammers and chisels.
  6. Climb scaffolding, carrying hoses, and spray surfaces of cupolas with refractory mixtures, using spray equipment.
  7. Mix specified amounts of sand, clay, mortar powder, and water to form refractory clay or mortar, using shovels or mixing machines.
  8. Spread mortar on stopper heads and rods, using trowels, and slide brick sleeves over rods to form refractory jackets.
  9. Dump and tamp clay in molds, using tamping tools.
  10. Transfer clay structures to curing ovens, melting tanks, and drawing kilns, using forklifts.
  11. Reline furnaces using ramming material.