KILN BURNER

Domain	Definition
Mining	A worker who is responsible for firing kilns to produce ceramic products. Type of product produced is often attached to the term as, brick kiln burner, tile burner, pipe burner, etc. Also called kiln fireman; kilnoperator; baker; kiln tender; kiln firer, etc. (references)
Occupations	Controls periodic, field, or retort kilns to bake clay products, such as brick, sewer pipe, clay refractories, and roofing tile: Opens fuel valves and lights gas or oil fire, using oil-soaked stick. Seals kiln door with bricks and daubs brick with clay to prevent loss of heat, using trowel. Observes thermometer and action of pyrometric cones through peepholes, or removes object from kiln with tongs and examines object to determine rate of burning. Turns gas or oil valves and dampers to adjust rate of burning or baking of objects. Closes fuel valves and fireboxes, opens kiln-crown holes, and installs fans to cool objects. May be designated according to type of kiln operated as Dry-Kiln Burner (brick & tile); Field-Kiln Burner (brick & tile); Retort-Kiln Burner (brick & tile); or according to product burned as Brick-Kiln Burner (brick & tile); Roofing-Tile Burner (brick & tile). (references)
	Controls kiln to fire greenware, or decorations or glazes on ware, to specified hardness: Gives directions to helper in preparing firebox, building up door, and lighting fires. Determines level and uniformity of oven temperature by observing, through peepholes, changes in shape and color of pyrometric cones, rings, and saggers. Regulates temperature by adjusting drafts and fuel feed. May be designated according to type kiln fired as Firer, Round Kiln (pottery & porc.); Firer, Tunnel Kiln (pottery & porc.); or type of ware fired as Decorating-Kiln Operator (pottery & porc.); Firer, Bisque Kiln (pottery & porc.); Firer, Glost Kiln (pottery & porc.). (references)
	Operates series of beehive kilns to produce charcoal: Places kindling in kiln and starts fire. Seals top of kiln when specified heat is attained, using cement and hand trowel. Observes color of smoke as it issues through draft holes in kiln bottom to ensure burning of charcoal as specified. Opens and closes draft holes, using bricks, to regulate forming of charcoal. Seals draft holes and cracks in kiln with cement to smother fire when charcoal has been formed. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: KILN BURNER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-i-k-l-n-n-r-r-u"
	-2 letters: knurlier.
	-3 letters: blinker, bulkier, burlier, nunlike, runnier, urnlike.
	-4 letters: berlin, bilker, birler, briner, bunker, burier, burker, burler, burner, burnie, linker, lunier, lunker, lurker, nubile, relink, rubier, ruiner, rulier, runkle, runnel, runner, unlike, unlink.
	-5 letters: benni, biker, birle, blink, bluer, brier, brine, brink, bruin, burin, burke, ennui, inker, inkle, inner, inure, inurn, knurl, krubi, liber.
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