what is heat work?
Why your company should measure it.
‘Heat work’ is the action and effect of temperature over time on a ceramic product. It is often called ‘heat energy’. Simply put, ‘heat work’ is a defined measurement of how you have “cooked” or “processed” your product.
Too much or little time at the correct thermocouple temperature and you may not have fired your product correctly, it will be over or under fired. The same is true if the correct temperature has been reached but with insufficient kiln car transit times - the product has under fired.
Bullers Rings and Discs allow you to understand the effect that temperature and time has on the product, and what action you can take to prevent costly production problems occurring on future firings.
You can use the Bullers Rings and Discs to increase your yields. Early notification of ‘under fired’ product allows you to re-fire product to the correct quality. This will save scrap product further down the process, which in turn maintains product capacity and profitability.
Only heat work measurement and monitoring will allow you to understand what has happened to the product itself within the kiln independently of temperature and time.
Are you prepared to risk a firing without Bullers Rings or Discs?
