Date:1956
Description:Some of the vitrifying tunnel kilns. In these kilns the fusible clay bonds were melted at over 1,300 degrees Celsius in order to make the glass bond which holds the abrasive grains together. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory on Doxey Road, Stafford.
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A line for drying units which remove the moisture from wheels before they are vitrified in kilns at ...
Some of the vitrifying tunnel kilns. In these kilns the fusible clay bonds were melted at over 1,300 ...
Loading wheels on to tunnel kiln trucks. Inside Factory No.1 at the Universal Grinding Wheel factory ...
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Image courtesy of: Mr R Hodson
Donor ref:2019-027-0009- (15) (37/40906)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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