Advice

Choosing the best kiln for your application can be an involved process with such a range of options available. This page is designed to assist you make the correct decision and advises on the type of factors you should consider when coming to your decision.

Considerations

 
  Choosing the right kiln

Electrical supply

  • Power supply requirements are relative to the capacity of the kiln chamber and the maximum design temperature of the kiln
  • Please be aware that the nature of many kilns is such that a domestic power supply is not always sufficient, and a 3-phase or uprated supply will be needed. Kilns & Furnaces do supply a range of devices that will happily operate on a standard domestic circuit. Please feel free to contact us for more information

How do you want to load the kiln? This is dictated to a great extent by the size and shape of the pieces you will be firing:

  • Front-loading
  • Top-loading
What chamber size will you need? Consider:
  • The size of pieces to be fired
  • The number of pieces to be fired per cycle
  • Remember to allow capacity for kiln furniture
Control system
  • Single programme with a digital indicating system
  • Multi programme with digital indicating systems
  • All our kilns are available with a large choice of control systems

 
  
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