Continuous kiln

A continuous kiln is:
 * 1) a kiln in which the waste heat from the cooling or hot chambers of brick is used to heat up the wares in other compartments still to be burned (Ries 1912)
 * 2) a number of chambers connected to a system of flues so that the heat from one of them may be conveyed to the rest. It is possible to work the kiln so that various stages of firing may be proceeding in different chambers at the same time (Bourry & Searle 1919)
 * 3) a kiln which may be kept firing without the necessity of cooling the fabric in order to unpack the fired ware (Hamilton 1978)
 * 4) a kiln in which the full firing temperature is continuously maintained in one or other zone of the kiln. There are two types: annular kiln, and tunnel kiln (Dodd & Murfin 1994)