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pot liner
A professional who relines pots and rebuilds continuous anodes used in reduction of aluminum by performing any combination of following duties. Respnsibilities include:
- Replaces spacers, shunts, risers, brackets, straps, supports, and collector bars in pots, using wrenches.
- Attaches cables to pot superstructure and signals overhead crane operator to lift it from pot.
- Blows dust from top of anode, using air gun.
- Cuts metal sheet to size, using shears or pneumatic cutter, bends it around stub of anode, and rivets it to casing.
- Roughens top of stub, using fork, and pours carbon paste into form to build up anode to specified height.
- Pours water into pot to loosen material.
- Digs burned-out lining, insulation ore, bath material, and brick from interior of pot, using digger or jackhammer.
- Lays brick base on pot floor and signals overhead crane operator to dump carbon mix into pot.
- Lines walls and floor with mix to specified depth, and tamps mix into cracks, using pneumatic hammer.
- Reforms shell cavity with insulating board, masonite, plywood, or sheet metal.
- Removes steel shell for repair, using hoist.
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