Description
Glass annealers operate electric or gas kilns used to strengthen the glass products by a heating-cooling process, making sure the temperature is set according to specifications. They inspect the glass products through the entire process to observe any flaws.
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Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
set up the controller of a machineconsult technical resourcesposition glass on traysmonitor automated machinesmaintain furnace temperaturetend lehradjust burner controlsobserve products' behaviour under processing conditionsfollow production scheduletroubleshootobserve glass under heatfeed mirror machinerestore traysuse personal protection equipmentform bed for glasssupply machineperform test runread gas metermanage kiln ventilationtransfer glazemanage wasterecord production datahandle broken glass sheetsreport defective manufacturing materialsinspect quality of productsmaintain equipmentmonitor gaugeinspect glass sheetmonitor end-product drying processmonitor conveyor beltoperate drying blowerskeep records of work progressremove defective productsperform kiln maintenance