An older term for the specialist in a glassworks responsible for measuring, mixing, and tempering the raw materials that make up the glass batch. This person ensures the silica, fluxes, and colorants are correctly proportioned before melting. The role requires precise knowledge of how different chemical compositions affect the final glass melt.
Heard on the job
The conciator miscalculated the flux ratio, and now the whole melt is too stiff to work.
Also heard as
- batch mixer
- founder