Oftentimes, hardwood lumber drying begins with exposure to an uncontrolled outside environment in a process called air drying. At times, loss of quality in this process can be in excess of 10 percent.

The annual brickmaking process covers many months, culminating in October and November with the building of a kiln — a new ...

SANDYSTON -- "Probably a Bic," laughed Bruce Dehnert when asked how the wood fire in the kiln would be started. Interesting since at some point over the next five days, the temperature inside the ...

Nestled in an industrial estate in the western part of Singapore is an 84-year-old dragon kiln, the oldest and the only operational dragon kiln in the country. Built in 1940, the kiln at Thow Kwang ...