Quote Originally Posted by skibo View Post
It was around 1976 to 80 that I had to go in one, but I always wore two paper dust masks and a painters head gear to help(not really), if you sweated you got burns. The lime stayed hot about an inch below the surface, if we had to replace the brick we ran the lime totally out into the chain conveyor. Just working around a lime kiln is just plain crappy!
Not sure how much difference in a lime kiln and a cement kiln there is Only worked at 1 chemical lime plant back in 70 or 71 when they were building the one at Clifton Tx and then was only involved in running the 4" and smaller air piping from the compressor station throughout the plant must have been 500 miles of welded and threaded piping to run.
My work in a kiln was at the TXI cement plant in Midlothian TX about 600 ft long 10 or 12 ft diameter I worked there several times some times a few days at a time and others for a couple months at a time the first time there was barely there long enough to cover the 10 million dollar liability ins. premium they required for a contract welder to have. The only way it really worked out was when they contacted me they wanted 6 to 8 rig welders so I bought a blanket policy to cover the other guys as if they worked for me then charged them accordingly.
the worst part about driving our rigs around the cement plant was after working a 16 hour shift before we left we needed to visit the wash rack and give our rigs a vinegar douche then wash and wax them otherwise you could never get the dust off the paint