Gas-fired furnaces can produce remarkably different products compared to electric-fired furnaces. An excellent option to scale up while replicating the conditions present in resistance-heated batch ...

A gas-fired tunnel kiln had been in continuous use for over fifty years. Super duty fireclay brick lined the kiln’s preheat zone while high duty silica brick lined the burning zone. Refractory ...

A ‘forgotten’ 85-year-old underground structure has been unearthed at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Norris Engineering Complex. The structure is a large tunnel kiln that was used to fire glazed ...

NORRIS, Tenn. — A 2016 lightning strike at a TVA building led to a discovery that TVA archaeologist Marianne Shuler described, appropriately, as “shocking.” During renovations after the fire, workers ...

The planned closure of a kiln at a ceramics factory and the potential loss of about 100 jobs has come as a "body blow" to workers, a union has said. Chris Hoofe, of GMB, said staff were shocked at the ...

Cleaner and more efficient modern brick kilns are rising in numbers in a development that bodes well for the country's efforts to cut down on air pollution. The traditional fixed chimney kilns (FCKs) ...

Brick makers in the country are looking to convert existing technologies into zig zag kilns for cost effectiveness and environment friendliness. “Zig Zag kilns are relatively easier to install and use ...