Imerys Kiln Furniture is a leader in supplying the sanitaryware industry with kiln furniture solutions. From your first installation to the optimization of existing lines, Imerys Kiln Furniture is a partner of choice for you to meet your technical and business challenges.

Kiln furniture is a key component of the sanitaryware production process, it has a significant impact on:

• The productivity of your kiln: an optimized design, adapted to your product mix, is essential to have a high loading rate of your firing line
  
  
• The quality of your products: precise and stable geometrical dimensions of kiln furniture are a must to produce high quality sanitaryware pieces
  
  
• The energy consumption
  
  
• The maintenance cost: long life-time kiln furniture
  

Leveraging on our high quality materials, a wide range of shaping processes (extrusion, pressing and casting) along with unique high design capabilities, Imerys kiln furniture has developed a very performing and complete set of solutions for the sanitaryware industry.
Whatever your need is: new installation, installation optimization or maintenance, we are able to design and deliver the full kiln furniture systems, for both tunnel kilns and shuttle kilns, meaning: kiln car refractory system, superstructures and stools (supports).

Here is an overview of our technical offer, don't hesistate to contact us for more details!
You have also the possibility to consult our brochure in pdf file!

Products - Solutions	Compositions	Characteristics
Kiln Car Systems	Combination Cordierite-MulliteSiC	• Low thermal mass • Complete protection of all steel components against heat • Easy assembling design allowing: time sparing at first installation and low maintenance costs
SiSiC Beams	Silicon Infiltrated Silicon Carbide	• Low thermal mass • Long life-time • Precise and stable geometric dimensions • Extremely high resistance to bending even at high temperature
Extruded Batts	Cordierite-Mullite	• Low thermal mass • Engobe coating on demand to avoid sticking effects • Long life-time • High flatness, precise and stable geometric dimensions • High resistance to bending even at high temperature • Isotherm condition assured with load compare to a solid one where due to non ventilated thickness. There is a high concentration of heat when cooling down or high inertia to heat up.
Extruded Props	Cordierite-Mullite	• Low thermal mass • Long life-time • Precise and stable geometric dimensions • High resistance to loading
Casted Caps and Shoes (Pressed for certain shapes)	Cordierite-Mullite	• High resistance to loading • Long life-time • Low thermal mass • Precise and stable geometric dimensions
Casted Stools / Supports	Cordierite-Mullite	• Low thermal mass • Engobe coating on demand to avoid sticking effects • Long life-time • High flatness, precise and stable geometric dimensions adapted to your products to support them ensuring a high level of compactness in your kiln. • High resistance to bending even at high temperature
Lavi Setters	Cordierite-Mullite or SiC (NSic : Aptasinit or RSiC : 100 RG)	• Low thermal mass • High flatness • Engobe coating on demand to avoid sticking effects • Long life-time • Precise and stable geometric dimensions adapted to your products to support them perfectly during the firing step. • High resistance to bending even at high temperature • Please note that all these characteristics are significantly enhanced with SiC materials.
Shower Basin Supports	Cordierite-Mullite	• Light weight • No deformation