Page 133 - Gillrath Edition IV - EN

Timing of the firing process
Firing process
Day
5—9
Day
10—14
Cooling process
paper- barrier
Chamber closed
Slugs are stacked in the kiln
Slugs dried by kiln exhaust air
Raw material pressed into brick slabs
Day 5
Day 5
Day
2–5
Day 1
Day 1
Day 14
Day
14—15
Day
15
Days >15
Chamber openend, supplying fresh air
ringkiln »snapshot«
Finished Bricks removed
Stored on palettes
Transport to construction site
Manufactures instructions assist brick layers
Time sequence
for a single chamber
the fire completes a full cycle of the ring kiln every 12 to 15 days
Clay is mined
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