Christian K Bonner on mon 27 feb 06
I had a question as to why American kiln manufactures coil their
elements. This I was wondering because in Japan electric elements are
stapled into the kiln walls in a wide zigzagging pattern. Does anyone
have any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Christian
Arnold Howard on tue 28 feb 06
It is fascinating how kilns have evolved independently from one continent to
another. For instance, European kilns have vertical firebricks instead of
the American horizontal bricks. The European kilns also have a thin fiber
blanket between the steel case and bricks.
I am not as familiar with Japanese kilns, though.
Our elements are coiled to provide greater wire length in a small area. The
thicker the wire, the less electrical resistance, and the greater the flow
of power. Coiling the elements allows us to use heavy, long wire instead of
thin, short wire.
Another factor is the number of element grooves per kiln. The higher the
number of grooves, the thicker and heavier we can make the elements.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian K Bonner"
>I had a question as to why American kiln manufactures coil their
> elements. This I was wondering because in Japan electric elements are
> stapled into the kiln walls in a wide zigzagging pattern.
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