An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics or curing or preserving tobacco
a chamber in which product can be heated to high temperatures which make the clay body hard and durable Fossil fuels have traditionally been used for the firing of kilns, gas being the predominant used today although electricity is often used
an oven-like compartment built to contain the heat around the item to be calcined, cooked, baked, burned, or fired A "pot" kiln (or field kiln) is usually built with an open top to facilitate loading the kiln "Patent" kilns were metal designs that were patented, and came ready to assemble Thomas Bull had one near his pot kiln Other patent kilns were "continuous," as the limestone moved through the kiln while the fuel (usually oil carried by steam) burned continuously These were more efficient, but were hard to operate with high grade ore which crumbled more easily and jammed the kiln The time saved in reducing the load/unload cycle might be lost when a kiln jammed Limekilns are like updraft furnaces or ovens
An oven used to process a substance by burning, drying, or heating In contemporary glassworking kilns are used to fuse enamel and for kiln forming processes such as slumping
A kiln is a chamber or tunnel used for drying and conditioning lumber, veneer, and other wood products in which the environmental conditions can be varied and controlled
The methods of baking pottery varied in design from a simple fire, to one in which the fire was covered by turf, to one in which a clay oven covered the fire The simplest – a clamp kiln – was just a bonfire over the clay pots
A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc
A heated chamber used for drying lumber, veneer, and other wood products and in which air-flow, temperature, and relative-humidity conditions can be controlled
The oven in which ceramic pieces are fired to convert them from unstable greenware into durable finished pieces This term is derived from the Latin "culina", which refers to a structure built for the purpose of retaining heat that is introduced into the main chamber There are a wide variety of kiln types from the earliest known open pit of pre- historic times to the sophisticated, efficient structures used by today's ceramicists The many different types of kilns include: anagama, updraft, downdraft , gas burning, electric, wood burning, open Pit, centenary arch, raku, climbing, and salt See also firing, oxidation, reduction
The most important piece of equipment in a ceramist's studio, the kiln may be fired by electricity, gas, oil or wood and may be constructed by the artist herself
A kiln is an oven that is used to bake pottery and bricks in order to make them hard. To process in one of these ovens. a special oven for baking clay pots, bricks etc (culina , from coquere ). Oven for firing, drying, baking, hardening, or burning a substance, particularly clay products but originally also grain and meal. Modern kilns are used in ceramics to fire clay and porcelain objects, in metallurgy for roasting iron ores, for burning lime and dolomite, and in making portland cement
a fireproof box, usually brick lined, or high temperature oven into which heat is introduced by combustion (fuel fired) or by radiant energy (usually electric) designed for firing ceramic ware Kilns come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, some permanent and some portable