Digital Kilns and Furnaces - the Development Direction of Industrial Kilns and Furnaces in the 21st Century

摘要

The digital manufacturing theory is applied to the special manufacturing equipments - industrial kilns and furnaces; the concept of digital kilns & furnaces is put forward. The present status of research and application for digital technologies in fuel industrial kilns & furnaces is also introduced. Then, take the case of gas fuel kilns & furnaces, their main key technical issues are discussed. Digital kilns & furnaces as an important constituent of the digital equipments are the crucial base of the digital manufacturing. The value of research on digital kilns & furnaces and the application prospect are undoubted. It will improve product quality, reduce the manpower cost, enhance product market competitive ability, promote comprehensively tradition industries such as ceramics, metallurgy industry, and so on.