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burner company info needed

updated tue 6 oct 98

 

ARTMOLIN@ACS.EKU.EDU on wed 30 sep 98

I would like to know if anyone knows of companies who sell burners and burner
related equipment for kilns. Any U.S. company selling burners for any gas
fired kilns are of interest. Please feel free to send this info to me
personally if you wish and I will provide a complete listing for the
group once it is complete.

Thanks,

Joe

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Donn Buchfinck on thu 1 oct 98

get yourself a copy of ceramics monthly
there are several listings for different companys

Ward powerburner
Dedell burners
several more on top of that

one of the place to goto for parts is called PYRONICS
they sell burner tips
piolet lights
UV sensors
baso switches
if it burns gas they deal with it
call 1-216-662-8800
they are in clevland OHIO if this number does not work


my advice is to figure out what type of kiln/burners you want to build and
goto one of these people I listed above and buy from them, then you have
someone to call when the kiln god is not working. I have built burners, and
I have installed the dedell burners for people, and I have talked to Marc ward
of Ward power burners, both people are great to work with.

thanks

Donn Buchfinck

Grimmer on sat 3 oct 98

Joe,
Sorry for the delay, but here's a couple of companies:
Johnson Gas Appliance Company (makes nice power burners)
520 E Ave. NW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52045
319/365-5267

Eclipse Combustion (Outstanding venturi burners, among a host of other
things.)
1665 Elmwood Rd
Rockford, Illinois 61103
815/877-3031
eclipse@eclipsenet.com
http://www.eclipsenet.com/eci

Burner Design and Control (Distributor of Eclipse and other combustion
goodies. Nice folks.)
1353 Bauer Blvd.
StLouis MO 63132-1987
314/993-4107

Of course, you know about Ward Burner: wardburner@aol.com. Another good
outfit. Best prices on Baso alves and such, and anything else for plumbing a
kiln. Also distributes Ransome Burners.

steve grimmer
marion illinois

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>From: ARTMOLIN@ACS.EKU.EDU
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Subject: burner company info needed
>Date: Wed, Sep 30, 1998, 1:55 PM
>

>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I would like to know if anyone knows of companies who sell burners and
burner
>related equipment for kilns. Any U.S. company selling burners for any gas
>fired kilns are of interest. Please feel free to send this info to me
>personally if you wish and I will provide a complete listing for the
>group once it is complete.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Joe
>
>*************************************************************
>Joe Molinaro INTERNET: artmolin@acs.eku.edu
>Department of Art BITNET: artmolin@eku
>Eastern Kentucky University VOICE: (606) 622-1634
>Richmond, KY 40475
>*************************************************************

Vince Pitelka on sun 4 oct 98

>Johnson Gas Appliance Company (makes nice power burners)
>520 E Ave. NW
>Cedar Rapids, IA 52045
>319/365-5267

It is my experience that the big Johnson Power Burners are appropriate for
crucible furnaces, ceramic shell meltouts, and other things requiring
INTENSE localized heat in a hurry, but they deliver far too much
concentrated heat for normal ceramic kiln applications. Historically, with
such burners, as with forced-air oil burners, it was common to have an
extermal or beneath-the-floor firebox to temper the heat before it reached
the wares. It makes for a pretty expensive burner setup.
- Vince

jjcat on sun 4 oct 98

Joe,

Burner company not mentioned,

Charles A. Hones, Inc. ("BUZZER")
607 Albany Ave
North Amityville, L.I., N.Y. 11701

tel: 516-842-8886
fax: 516-842-9300


Joe

kilnray@warwick.net




At 02:55 PM 9/30/98 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I would like to know if anyone knows of companies who sell burners and burner
>related equipment for kilns. Any U.S. company selling burners for any gas
>fired kilns are of interest. Please feel free to send this info to me
>personally if you wish and I will provide a complete listing for the
>group once it is complete.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Joe
>
>*************************************************************
>Joe Molinaro INTERNET: artmolin@acs.eku.edu
>Department of Art BITNET: artmolin@eku
>Eastern Kentucky University VOICE: (606) 622-1634
>Richmond, KY 40475
>*************************************************************
>
>

Grimmer on mon 5 oct 98

Vince,
There used to be two updraft kilns at Southern Illinois
University-Carbondale with Johnson burners; one was (and still is) a rebuilt
20 cube Alpine globar and the other was a homebrew 65-70 cu ft deal. Both
sported a single Johnson blower manifolded to a pair of burner tips. The
Globar had little, bunsen-type pilots with thermocouples, and the big
no-name had flame sensor rods and spark ignition which would spring to life
at the push of a button. Both systems had multiple-turn gate valves for
plenty of control of the air, and nice gas ball valves. I found the burner
setup to have very fine control and turndown characteristics. They could be
set to run full tilt with an intense, blue, roaring flame, or pulled way
back to a long, gentle, fluffy blue/orange flame for reducing.
It could be that the air control system was aftermarket or is a newer
development. Hmm.

steve grimmer
marion illinois.

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>From: Vince Pitelka
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Subject: Re: burner company info needed
>Date: Sun, Oct 4, 1998, 2:25 PM
>

>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>Johnson Gas Appliance Company (makes nice power burners)
>>520 E Ave. NW
>>Cedar Rapids, IA 52045
>>319/365-5267
>
>It is my experience that the big Johnson Power Burners are appropriate for
>crucible furnaces, ceramic shell meltouts, and other things requiring
>INTENSE localized heat in a hurry, but they deliver far too much
>concentrated heat for normal ceramic kiln applications. Historically, with
>such burners, as with forced-air oil burners, it was common to have an
>extermal or beneath-the-floor firebox to temper the heat before it reached
>the wares. It makes for a pretty expensive burner setup.
>- Vince