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Omega 1 - Test Results
| Tests Conducted (click
for information) |
Trial Environment |
| Tests Conducted in
United Kingdom |
| TEST
CONDUCTED: Comparative tests measuring
differentials in radiant heat work, soak times,
cycle times & fuel savings |
| Substrate Coated: |
Insulating fire brick |
| Trial Environment: |
Intermittent kiln (loaded with green furniture) |
| Starting Date: |
April 1995 |
| Completion Date: |
Ongoing |
| Test Results: |
Better than 7% fuel savings. |
| Expected Benefits: |
Seemingly, a superb endorsement of coating's
potential for customers with similar kilns,
temperature ranges & kiln densities.
Unfortunately, these were coated by our former UK
agent without our supervision and consequently he
did not establish clear base lines for accurate
comparison - so test results are indicative only. |
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| Tests Conducted in
Australia |
| TEST
CONDUCTED: Comparative tests measuring
differentials in radiant heat work, soak times,
cycle time & fuel savings |
| Substrate Coated: |
Very badly deteriorated Carborundum
ceramic fibre blanket kiln lining which was about to
be replaced. |
| Trial Environment: |
Gas fired tunnel kiln with different loads &
temperatures |
| Starting Date: |
October 1993 |
| Completion Date: |
January 1994 |
| Test Results: |
Saved 30 minutes in ramp-up time and 15 mins soak
time, and reduced soak ceiling by 5oc.
Many firings after the coating was installed (I.e.
in Jan 94 ) Auspot lost 3 loads of ware due to heavy
oxidation. Unfortunately, the owner semi-publicly
blamed our coating. The actual problem was
discovered shortly afterwards - the kiln had a hole
in its ceiling. By this time, the owner felt he
could not back down and admit he was wrong. |
| Expected Benefits: |
Local endorsement of coating's potential for
firing both glazed and unglazed pottery. |
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| TEST
CONDUCTED: Comparative tests measuring
differentials in radiant heat work, soak times,
cycle time & fuel savings |
| Substrate Coated: |
Very badly deteriorated Carborundum
ceramic fibre blanket kiln lining which was about to
be replaced. |
| Trial Environment: |
Gas fired shuttle kiln operating at 1080C for
firing terracotta & glazed pottery |
| Starting Date: |
December 1993 |
| Completion Date: |
March 1994 |
| Test Results: |
First firing burnt terracotta claybody - Bullers
Rings determined there was an extra 30C of radiant
heat at charge than before. This resulted in
reduction of soak temperature by 15C.
The kiln builder was excited and was going to
conduct more tests, but instead he experienced
domestic problems and ran off to Queensland for
several months. Meantime, customer abandoned kiln
builder and installed new linings. |
| Expected Benefits: |
Local endorsement of product performance resulting
in more kilns being coated. |
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| TEST
CONDUCTED: Comparative tests measuring
differentials in radiant heat work, soak times,
cycle times & fuel savings |
| Substrate Coated: |
Thermal Ceramics fibre board |
| Trial Environment: |
Electric kiln with green brick paver load |
| Starting Date: |
August 1994 |
| Completion Date: |
November 1994 |
| Test Results: |
46oC difference on bottom where
lining was coated with Omega 1 + 5% improvement in
cycle time + no rejects. |
| Expected Benefits: |
Local endorsement of the coating's potential &
particularly with regard to the brick & paver
industry. |
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| TEST
CONDUCTED: Bonding to insulating brick |
| Substrate Coated: |
Isolite Firebrick |
| Trial Environment: |
N/A |
| Starting Date: |
September 95 |
| Completion Date: |
November 95 |
| Test Results: |
Ceramic bond was established on first firing and
remained stable on subsequent firings. |
| Expected Benefits: |
Unknown at this point in time. |
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| TEST
CONDUCTED: Sealing ceramic fibre board to stop
erosion and airborne dust problems for school
kilns |
| Substrate Coated: |
Thermal Ceramics ceramic fibre board |
| Trial Environment: |
Electric kilns manufactured by Woodrow Kilns |
| Starting Date: |
May 1995 |
| Completion Date: |
Ongoing |
| Test Results: |
After we got thickness correct (i.e. 20-30microns)
coating performing well. Found we needed to use a
dye in order to see where had been sprayed.
See testimonials |
| Expected Benefits: |
Local endorsement of product resulting in more
potential sales. |
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Omega 1 - The Infrared 'Mirror' |
Click here to read about Omega 2 - The
Ceramic 'Armour'
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