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Van Tuyl Kilns & Furnaces is a South Afircan company situated in Johannesburg in Alrode South which is a suburb of Alberton and has quick and easy access to the motorway systems around Gauteng.
The company has been in existence for over forty years and has during that time been involved in manufacturing and maintaining furnaces from large gas fired units used in the steel industry to smaller electrical kilns found in a 101 different applications. |
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Our kilns and furnaces will be found in just about every application where the need for heat is required. Our customers include artists who work in ceramics, glass, precious and base metals, educationalists in the arts, scientific and engineering disciplines, industrial applications such as tool and die room furnace s, hot boxes, drying kilns etc.
We have developed a range of ceramic, glass and jewellery kilns that cover most peoples needs but for those special "one off" requirements we, as a small flexible company, are more than happy to assist potential customers in designing and building equipment specifically to suit their needs.
Van Tuyl also manufacture furnaces for industrial applications such as laboratory furnaces, dental kilns, heat treatment and a annealing application, foundry smelting and holding furnaces as well as special purpose furnaces for such applications as metal purification and separation.
Our Kilns and furnaces will be found in many parts of the world, and we frequently receive requests for export orders. |
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We manufacture front and top loading electrical resistance kilns and furnaces for :-
- Artists working in Ceramics, Glass, Jewellery, Non-ferrous metals, Beads, and Enamels.
- Commercial Ventures in Pottery and Glass
- Industrial applications such as Laboratories, Toolrooms, Smelters, Metal purification and separation, and drying.
Quality is a very important part of our business and all our kilns go through a vigorous inspection checks and test firings before leaving the factory. |
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| Van Tuyl Kilns & Furnaces manufacture a wide range of kilns, for slumping, fusing and casting glass and these include Clam Shell and Traditional kilns. |
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Van Tuyl Kilns and Furnaces export to many parts of the Globe including The U.S.A., Europe, the Middle and Far East, and Australasia. Much of our production is exported to countries within sub-Saharan Africa particularly those countries that share a boarder with South Africa.
For large, or small, export orders where customers wish to conserve space within containers we have developed what the furniture trade might call "flat packs or knock down units" by using this idea we are able to pack upto 50% more equipment into a confined space thereby reducing freight charges to our customer. |
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A Small Front Loading Kiln, ideal for jewellery, dental, laboratory, and general purpose work. |
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Tunnel kilns: this Kiln is used in the fusing of glass, there are however many applications where a combination of furnace and conveyer can be used. |
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Large kilns are often constructed with a single or double trolley system for ease of loading and to speed up "turn round" time. |
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Top loading Melt Pots are frequently employed for melting non-ferrous metals such as gold, silver, brass, copper, zinc, aluminium and lead. |
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Working in glass has become very popular in recent years, below is a small table top kiln for making glass fusing and slumping articles such as glass jewellery. This kiln can be run from a normal household 15 or 10 A three pin socket. |
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Our Top loading kilns are designed to be easily moveable, the smaller ones can run of 15 A socket and are often used for doll making or by artists and teachers who undertake demonstration classes. |
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To complement our kiln we also manufacture ancillary equipment such as Potters wheels, Clay mixers, Blungers, and Pug mills. |
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We are happy to accommodate our customers by fitting whatever control system they requires. We do however market our own Micro Processor at a very reasonable price. |
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