Hit spec before the burn
Clay shrinks unpredictably as it fires, and glaze behaves differently on every body. The kiln-and-body digital twin simulates the firing curve, shrinkage, and glaze behavior to hit the target caliber, shade, and planarity before a single piece enters the kiln.
Firing physics, recipe by recipe
The twin is physics-informed and calibrated per body-and-glaze recipe. It simulates the firing curve, shrinkage, vitrification, tone, and glaze behavior, predicting fired caliber, shade, and planarity, so technologists run what-if curves instead of scrapping first-fire batches to learn.
- Shrinkage & vitrificationHow each body shrinks and vitrifies through the curve.
- Tone & glaze behaviorShade and glaze response to atmosphere and curve.
- Caliber & planarityPredicted fired dimensions and flatness, before firing.
From recipe to validated curve
The twin closes the loop instead of sitting offline.
Calibrate
Load body-and-glaze recipes and historical fired outcomes to calibrate the twin per line.
Simulate
Run what-if firing curves against caliber, tone, planarity, and energy targets.
Handoff
Export the winning curve to the kiln, Thermiq, and Glazio.
Learn
Vitreo labels the real fired outcome and sharpens the twin for next time.
Learning without scrapping batches
The twin is the decide layer
Kilnex's twin sits between perception and action. It's trained on Vitreo's fired-defect labels, and its simulated curves feed Thermiq's energy plans and Glazio's decoration setpoints, so perception, simulation, and control all fire against the same validated target.
“The twin turned firing from a gamble into an experiment we run before we ever light the kiln.”
Answers for plant leaders
Is this just an offline simulator?
How accurate is it for our bodies?
Can technologists explore trade-offs?
Calibrated from what you already record
The twin learns from your historical fired outcomes, recipes, and telemetry, no new instrumentation required to start.
Kiln & press OEMs
Glaze & decoration
Inspection & data
Ceramics groups
to learn a new curve
Run what-if firing curves in the twin instead of scrapping first-fire batches to discover what the kiln will do.
Guesswork the twin retires
Everything the twin predicts is one less thing the kiln has to teach you the expensive way.
- Scrapped first firesLearn a new curve in simulation, not in the kiln.
- Overshoot-to-be-safeHold the exact curve instead of padding temperature.
- Tone surprisesPredict shade before the burn, not after sorting.
- Caliber driftKnow fired dimensions before pieces enter the kiln.
- Dunting riskTwin-tested cooling curves cut thermal cracking.
- Offline blind spotsThe twin learns from every real fired outcome.
Simulate your next burn
Scope a Kilnex pilot and prove a body, glaze, or firing curve in the twin before you commit the kiln.