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Top-hat kiln

The shuttle kiln consists of a firing chamber with two or more kiln cars on which the bricks to be fired are set. While one load of brick is being fired, a second is being set. Somewhat similar is the beU top or top-hat kiln which is raised and lowered above and over the kiln cars to be fired. These kilns are more expensive to operate than tunnel kilns but provide flexibiUty in burning conditions and production schedules. [Pg.32]

Belleek Ware. A distinctive type of pottery made at Belleek, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The factory was established in 1857 and the ware is characterized by its thinness and slightly iridescent surface the body contains a significant proportion of frit. Bell Kiln. See top hat kiln. [Pg.25]

Crocodile Kiln A type of top-hat kiln (q.v.) developed by Keller GmbH. The hood has a swivel bearing at one end, and so opens at an inclined angle, rather than being raised vertically. [Pg.78]

Envelope Kiln. Alternative name, particularly in USA, for top-hat kiln (q.v.) or shuttle kiln (q.v.). Equilibrium Diagram. See phase... [Pg.110]

RECTANGULAR KILNS, BOTTLE OVENS, BOGIE KILNS and TOP-HAT KILNS. (See separate entries under these headings). Intersection Scarp. The locus of intersection of two portions of a crack with each other. [Pg.167]

Placing Sand. Fine, clean silica sand used in the placing of earthenware in SAGGARS (q.v.) calcined alumina is used for this purpose in the bedding of bone china. With the increased use of open setting in tunnel kilns and top-hat kilns, placing sand is less used than formerly. Plagioclase. See feldspar. [Pg.235]

Top-Blown Converter. See converter. Top-fired Kiln. A kiln with the burners in the roof, rather than in the walls, or fired by feeding coal or oil through apertures in the roof. The typical kiln of this type is the Hoffmann annular kiln, but the Monnier kiln provides an example of a topfired car-tunnel kiln. Top-hat Kiln. An intermittent kiln of a type sometimes used in the firing of pottery. The ware is set on a refractory hearth, or plinth, over which a boxshaped cover is then lowered. [Pg.332]


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