Abstract

The modern railroad-car tunnel kiln can fire structural tile economically in sufficient quantities for commercial operation. The setting arrangement is important both as to arrangement of flues and also as to the stability of the structure. Various sizes of tile can also be placed on the same car. There are approximately three tons of tile on each car. The kiln used is a Harrop car tunnel kiln, 350 feet long with a cross-section of 5 feet 8 inches by 5 feet 5 inches. Either oil or powdered coal is used as fuel. The tile are in the kiln a total of 29 hours, giving a total production of 130 tons per twenty-four hours.

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