Furnace and Kiln Seal
Ceramics fired in kilns are transported through the oven on kiln cars, on rails. Each kiln car is pushing the car in front. During firing, the high temperatures reach and damage the chassis, the wheels of the car, and the rails. To avoid this the space between the kiln cars needs sealing. This seal also avoids false air, from under the the kiln cars, reaching and disturbing the firing area. False air means a loss of energy, irregular temperatures, quality decline, false and weak firing, less oven efficiency and more environmental pollution.
The ECOMAB® Kiln seal has a soft resilient core and mechanically strong overbraiding, thus combining flexibility and wear resistance.
The kiln car seal is placed in a nut at the bottom of the car, the bolt of the following car pushes into the seal, thus sealing the space between the two cars.
When the bolt is flat or round it will wear out the kiln car seal. This can be avoided using two seals in the nut and shaping the bolt as a triangle. This construction will enlarge the sealing surfaces and will spread the pressure on the kiln car seal from one point to a wide surface.
To keep the two kiln car seals in place they can be fixed with thermofix high temperature adhesive.