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Revision as of 20:38, 4 September 2011
Overview
A kiln is a giant oven that enables the hardening, burning, drying, or firing of materials.
Easily constructed with CEB or Concrete, a Kiln serves a wide number of useful functions
- Drying wood for firewood.
- Heating wood to pyrolysis for Charcoal
- Annealing, fusing, deforming, painting glass
- Smelting ore to extract metal
- Heating limestone with clay to make cement or quicklime.
- Firing bricks from CEBs
Research
Product Ecology
Kiln
Made of
- CEB - walls, floor
- Concrete Mixer - Concrete
- Controller Box - Temperature controls
Uses
Creates
- Cement (clay + lime) for Concrete Mixer.
- Lumber (dried)
- Charcoal
- Glassware
- Metal (from ore)
- Bricks (fired)