KANTHAL ® SUPER CASE STORY Gmundener Keramik, a well known Austrian company, is a large producer of porcelain, gift items and table- ware. A high proportion of its products are exported. THE CHALLENGE Gmundener has three electric front-loaded, fiber insu - lated kilns, designed and built by the furnace builder Prins Ovenbau BV, Holland, for decorating porcelain at 1015°C (1860°F) in air atmosphere. Usable chamber size is about 10 m 3 (353 ft 3 ). One firing cycle takes about 14 hours. The porcelain products are stacked in several layers on ceramic stands, each 650 mm (25.6 in) wide. Gmundener wanted to achieve a better result for their products in terms of colors and quality. This was achievable through a higher and more even tempera- ture in the furnace. Another factor that wa

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