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People, Process, and Plant
Sweat beaded on Rob’s forehead as he pushed the pole into pot 160, which
was still on and off anode effect now for over 20 minutes. He was standing at
the duct end where Sam had directed him.
“Okay, Rob, put that pole down into the sludge and stir it up in the corner.
The problem’s coming from that end; it’s sludged up.”
It seemed as usual that the operators knew more about the details of the
process than most of the engineers and all of the management.
Rob had been walking along line 1 when he saw Sam in trouble trying to
terminate a manual anode effect. It kept turning off when a wooden pole
was pushed under the ...