Jeff Lawrence on sat 26 apr 97
Hello Materials Mavens!
I am trying to decide between fiber and brick for a kiln.
Brick costs a less, and there's lots of info on how to use it. But industry
uses fiber almost exclusively, for the very real economic benefit, which
would pay back the extra cost in short order.
The drawback to fiber (compressed modules or monolithic blocks, not
blanket) is the possible health risk. My questions to anybody with
knowledge in this area are these:
How effective are preventive measures like respirators and protective
clothes during the construction period?
How effective are those coatings (e.g. ITC) at preventing fiber particle
release during use?
Thanks for all the generous help out there!
Jeff
Jeff Lawrence
jml@sundagger.com
Sun Dagger Design
Rt. 1 Box 394L
Espanola, NM 87532
vox/fax 505-753-5913
Marcia Selsor on sun 27 apr 97
Jeff,
I'd recommend fiber with itc coating to reduce the health risk.
Also would prolong the life of the fiber construiction.
-Great stuff!
Marcia
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Lawrence Ewing on sun 27 apr 97
Hi Jeff,
During 1996 I attended the Ceramics Conference in Canberra Australia.
Richard Tarrant, a lecturer from the Sydney College of the Arts,
presented some research he had done on the dangers of using ceramic
fibre. He has gone into it quite deeply (even had electron microscope
images of fibre unused through to fired many times. I will not try to
summarise his findings but perhaps you would like to get in touch with
him. Unforunately I do not have and email address. The postal address I
have is 70 Curtis Rd, Balmain, NSW 2041, Sydney, AUSTRALIA. I have a fax
number - (02) 692 9235.
Regards,
Lawrence Ewing
Lecturer in Ceramics
School of Art
Otago Polytechnic
lewing@clear.net.nz
21 Slant St
Careys Bay
Dunedin
NEW ZEALAND
ph (03) 472 8801
Author of MATRIX Glaze Calculation Software for Macintosh
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