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dip-lube operator

A professional who tends tanks to clean lead bullets and coat bullets with wax. Respnsibilities include:

  • Scoops bullets into perforated drum and immerses bullets in solvent to remove chips and grease.
  • Immerses bullets into molten wax.
  • Presses buttons on portable control box to rotate drum.
  • Empties coated bullets onto conveyor belt, closes cover of blower, and starts blower to dry wax and draw off solvent fumes.
  • Examines bullets for defects, such as malformations, gouges, dents, or blunted ends.
  • Discards defective bullets.
  • Starts conveyor to dump bullets that conform to standards into tote boxes.
  • Tests coating solution, using hydrometer, and adds solvent or wax to maintain specified viscosity.
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Looja

  • Jason F
  • (United States of America)

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