Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Kannofen
English translation:
cross-draft kiln
Added to glossary by
Rebecca Holmes
Dec 11, 2003 13:16
20 yrs ago
German term
United States
Kannofen
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
Pottery
The context is ceramics. This must be some type of kiln, I just don't know what particular kind.
It can be viewed at: http://www.kannofen.de/
There is a link at the bottom of that page to another page with bilingual pottery glossaries (http://www.kalkspatz.de). The German-English one does offer "Kammerofen" as "chamber kiln" - I am wondering if this could be the same thing but am not sure.
It can be viewed at: http://www.kannofen.de/
There is a link at the bottom of that page to another page with bilingual pottery glossaries (http://www.kalkspatz.de). The German-English one does offer "Kammerofen" as "chamber kiln" - I am wondering if this could be the same thing but am not sure.
Proposed translations
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| 2 +1 | bottle kiln |
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| 5 | ... |
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| 3 | pottery kiln |
John McDonnell
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Change log
Mar 13, 2015 16:33: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)"
Proposed translations
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bottle kiln
I was unable to access the first website suggested, but came accross the "bottle kiln" at the first website shown below. It obviously takes its name from the shape of the kiln. "Kanne" is a jug or can, so "Kannofen" could be the German version of a "bottle kiln". The second website reference is to the last working example of a Kannofen in Germany. The photograph shows the shape of the kiln.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Hi Prozies, thanks for you answers and help. I ended up calling the man who put together the glossary on www.kalkspatz.de and asking him what a Kannofen was. He said it was a type of "cross-draft kiln" unique to the Westerwald Region in which the fire moves horizontally and not vertically. As such that is what I used in the text. I have awarded the points to the answer that seemed the best researched, but I do believe that cross-draft kiln is probably the most accurate term."
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it's just an oven for ceramics, for all kinds - plates, cups, bottles. Typisch Deutsch ;-)
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pottery kiln
a term which covers a complete range of clay products - which is the more usual requirement in the pottery industry
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