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Automations for Furnace Operators

Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel.

O*NET occupation: Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders (51-4051.00). The software list and tasks below come from that record, not from guesswork.

Runs on software furnace operators already use

Matched through the tools this occupation is documented as using.

Software furnace operators use that we connect

What we can build for furnace operators

The job’s documented tasks, most important first. Each is a request away.

  1. Regulate supplies of fuel and air, or control flow of electric current and water coolant to heat furnaces and adjust temperatures.Quote it
  2. Draw smelted metal samples from furnaces or kettles for analysis, and calculate types and amounts of materials needed to ensure that materials meet specifications.Quote it
  3. Prepare material to load into furnaces, including cleaning, crushing, or applying chemicals, by using crushing machines, shovels, rakes, or sprayers.Quote it
  4. Weigh materials to be charged into furnaces, using scales.Quote it
  5. Record production data, and maintain production logs.Quote it
  6. Observe air and temperature gauges or metal color and fluidity, and turn fuel valves or adjust controls to maintain required temperatures.Quote it

Something specific to how you work?

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