In a major, high-value project – the second at this particular plant in Mexico – NUTEC Bickley will supply a 125m-long tunnel kiln to one of the world’s leading advanced ceramics manufacturers.
Custom industrial kilns for technical ceramics, advanced materials, and unconventional firing applications — engineered from your thermal cycle and atmosphere requirements, not our standard configurations.
Why Manufacturers Choose NB
At a glance
Thermal Engineering Experience
50+ Years
Delivery Capability
Complete Turnkey Execution
Advanced Ceramic Process Expertise
12+ Industries Served
Engineering Approach
Process Driven Design
Execution Record
ZERO Unfinished Projects
We are specializing in ceramic firing systems for technical ceramics, advanced materials, and complex firing applications across North America.
Founded over 50 years ago, the company engineers every kiln system from the customer's specific firing process requirements — atmosphere composition, temperature uniformity, material behavior, and production constraints.
We start where others don't: your firing process. NUTEC Bickley's kiln systems serve sanitaryware, porcelain insulators, refractory, tableware, abrasives, technical ceramics, ceramic matrix composites, and high-purity alumina manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Every project is delivered turnkey: engineering, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, and verified firing performance.
What We Do
From high-volume continuous production to precision firing of advanced ceramic materials — our kiln systems are engineered from your firing cycle, not from our standard catalog.
High-throughput continuous firing for sanitaryware, refractory, and technical ceramics. Custom atmosphere control zones, kiln car and material handling systems, and combustion efficiency engineered to your production rate and product dimensions.
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Batch firing flexibility for diverse product ranges, prototyping, and specialty applications. Custom atmosphere configurations, precise temperature uniformity, and car loading systems designed around your specific product and firing cycle.
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Fast firing with precision temperature uniformity across the full product width. Ideal for tiles, tableware, and technical ceramic pieces where firing profile consistency directly impacts product quality.
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Controlled atmosphere firing for advanced ceramics and technical components where product quality demands precise atmospheric conditions throughout the firing cycle. Full atmosphere verification systems included.
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High-performance ceramic fiber lining engineered for your temperature range and firing cycle. Our Jointless System® minimizes thermal mass and compensates for shrinkage — consistent performance across thousands of firing cycles.
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Ceramic matrix composites, high-purity alumina, rare earth materials, and processes that don't fit a standard configuration. If other suppliers have passed on your application — that's exactly when to call us.
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High-performance ceramic fiber lining engineered for your temperature range and firing cycle. Our Jointless System® minimizes thermal mass and compensates for shrinkage — consistent performance across thousands of firing cycles.
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Ceramic matrix composites, high-purity alumina, rare earth materials, and processes that don't fit a standard configuration. If other suppliers have passed on your application — that's exactly when to call us.
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Our industrial kilns comply with all worldwide safety recommendations, standards and regulations, most notably these:
NFPA-86 Standard for Ovens and Furnaces (recognized internationally)
CSA B149.3-15 Code for the field approval of fuel-related components on appliances and equipment (Canada)
EN746-2 Safety requirements for combustion and fuel handling systems (Europe)
We are members of the IHEA (Industrial Heating Equipment Association), an organization that continuously participates in the development of improvements in safety and regulatory standards.
Compliance with these standards allows our customers to avoid explosion risks and danger risks to personnel and equipment, resulting in an operation that is as safe as it is efficient. At Nutec Bickley we are experts in industrial safety, so we make sure our kilns and furnaces are, at the very least, fully compliant with all current regulations.
With international experience and custom-engineered kiln projects worldwide, NUTEC Bickley is your trusted partner for maximizing kiln performance. We are industrial kilns manufacturers in the USA!
Industries Served
NUTEC Bickley has engineered furnace solutions across the most demanding metal thermal processing applications in North America.
Precision firing for high-performance ceramic components with tight dimensional and material property tolerances. Atmosphere control and temperature uniformity engineered to your material specification.
REAL APPLICATION
NorPro returned for their second kiln without a competitive evaluation because we understood their unconventional ceramic process when others didn't.
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Precision firing for ceramic cores in investment casting. Kiln systems engineered to your composition, temperature, and atmosphere — delivering the dimensional stability and shrinkage control that aerospace and automotive geometries demand.
OUR APPROACH
No margin for variation. Firing cycles engineered to your material and geometry — because "close to spec" cores don't fit the mold.
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Continuous and batch kiln systems for high-voltage porcelain insulators. Precise temperature uniformity and controlled cooling rates — engineered to your product dimensions and electrical performance requirements.
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Full tunnel kiln systems with kiln car design, setting fixtures, and atmosphere management — a complete production solution.
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Fast-firing roller kilns for tableware production, and high-temperature systems for abrasive grain and bonded abrasive products — each engineered to the specific firing cycle your material and quality standard requires
OUR APPROACH
Production-grade firing consistency across high volumes — because in tableware and abrasives, the kiln is a production tool, not just a heat source
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Ceramic matrix composites, high-purity alumina, rare earth materials, and next-generation technical ceramics for aerospace, defense, and energy applications. We engineer for the requirement — not the industry standard.
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We design, construct and supply stress relief furnaces for the steel plate working and forming sector,..
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High-temperature kiln systems for refractory brick, shapes, and monolithic products. Temperature profiles, atmosphere conditions, and production capacity engineered to your refractory composition and performance specifications.
OUR APPROACH
We've engineered kilns for refractory materials that demand equal precision in firing that the refractories themselves bring to their end applications
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High-volume tunnel kiln systems for sanitaryware production — engineered for consistent glaze quality, dimensional stability, and production efficiency. Kiln car and setting systems designed to your product range.
OUR APPROACH
Custom combustion with atmosphere control throughout the firing curve — so your quality is consistent, not just on a good production day
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Consistent color starts with consistent firing. High-temperature calcination kilns engineered to your pigment chemistry, temperature, and throughput — because batch-to-batch variation isn't an option.
OUR APPROACH
Firing precision is color precision. Engineered to your chemistry and spec — consistent across every batch.
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NUTEC Bickley
NUTEC Bickley stands at the forefront of the industrial kiln industry, combining decades of expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver unparalleled solutions. As pioneers in the field, NUTEC Bickley has consistently pushed the boundaries of innovation, redefining what is possible in kiln design and manufacturing.
At Nutec Bickley, we specialize in creating state-of-the-art industrial kilns that set the standard for performance, efficiency, and reliability.
Whether your process requires electric or gas-fired kilns, batch or continuous operations, we have the expertise to deliver a solution that perfectly aligns with your needs.
Each kiln is engineered to meet the highest global standards, ensuring optimal performance and compliance with industry regulations.
No two projects are alike, and at Nutec Bickley, we pride ourselves on manufacturing kilns that are completely customized to meet the specific requirements of our customers.
From initial design to final installation, every aspect of the kiln is tailored to your specifications, ensuring a solution that seamlessly integrates into your operations and exceeds your expectations.
Nutec Bickley's commitment to excellence extends beyond the equipment we build. Our team of experts works closely with customers to understand their unique challenges and objectives, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. By combining advanced engineering with a deep understanding of industrial processes, we create kilns that offer superior performance, energy efficiency, and durability.
Discover the Nutec Bickley difference and experience the pinnacle of industrial kiln design and manufacturing. Contact us today to learn how we can transform your operations with our world-class, customized solutions.
Tell us about your ceramic firing requirement — including the parts that seem too unconventional. That's exactly what we want to hear
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We don't submit a proposal until we've completed a full technical review of your ceramic firing process. Four stages that protect your project and your production investment.
Atmosphere, temperature profile, material properties, firing cycle, uniformity requirements, and production constraints all studied in depth before any proposal is written.
Your firing process becomes the engineering blueprint. Every material behavior, atmosphere condition, and uniformity requirement maps to a specific design decision.
Advanced fiber lining, atmosphere management, kiln car and material handling, PLC control — all designed to your firing specification, not approximated from standard components.
We finished the job. Installation, commissioning, performance verification, and post-startup support. Your project doesn't end at shipment.
We are committed to offer not only quality products, but also quality service that exceeds expectations.
All of our industrial kilns include features that make our kilns some of the most efficient in the world, by using the latest technology with IMPS, preheated combustion air, self recuperative and regenerative technology, we can achieve this.
With NUTEC Bickley Kilns, firing rejects are almost entirely eliminated due high precision in temperature uniformity and reproducibility of the process.
All the key factors influencing kiln performance such as air fuel ratio, temperature in various parts of the kiln, product feed time, energy recovery, atmosphere, kiln pressure, and rates of heating and cooling are controllable and programmable with our control and supervisory systems.
Why NUTEC Bickley
Unconventional atmospheres, non-standard firing cycles, advanced fiber applications, precision uniformity for demanding materials — that's exactly where our ceramic kiln engineering runs deepest
Fit your application to their standard kiln configuration
Decline unconventional or technically complex ceramic applications
Deliver the kiln and hand off startup to the customer
One-size proposal for every customer in the same ceramic segment
Start with your firing cycle
Atmosphere composition, temperature profile, material behavior, loading configuration — all fully understood before any proposal is written.
We take the applications others don't
Non-standard atmospheres, ceramic matrix composites, advanced fiber materials, tight uniformity specs — this is where our process knowledge matters most.
We're there at startup
Installation, commissioning, atmosphere validation, temperature uniformity verification — we don't leave until the kiln fires to spec.
Your process. Your kiln.
Two manufacturers in the same ceramic segment can have fundamentally different firing requirements. We engineer for the actual requirement.
A kiln that fires to your material's exact specification — not the closest standard option that approximates it.
Your most challenging ceramic application gets a supplier with the engineering depth to actually solve it — not to approximate it.
Your production starts correctly from day one — not after months of troubleshooting post-commissioning.
Consistent product quality and process reliability — because the kiln was designed for your specific material and firing cycle.
Our ceramic industry clients don't just get a kiln. They get the outcome of working with a team that genuinely understood their firing process before proposing a solution.
“We had a NUTEC Bickley kiln already. When we needed the next one, there was no evaluation process. They understood our process, visited our facility before proposing anything, and delivered what we needed.
Major North American leader in advanced ceramics manufacturer
Repeat Client
The first visit they made to our plant, they asked questions that told us immediately they understood ceramic firing at a process level — not just a product level. That's what made the difference.
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturer
Technical Ceramics — Custom Tunnel Kiln
Frequently Asked Questions
Industrial kilns are used generally for ceramic processes where the product may require sintering, oxidation, calcination, vitrification, glazing, decorating, curing, and others. NUTEC Bickley can offer a wide range of kiln designs to suit your specific needs.
In the industry, shuttle kilns are most used as they are suited for a high flexibility in production and can range in sizes from 1m³ to 500m³. Shuttle kilns can be both electric and gas fired.
Industrial kilns can fire up to 1800°C (3200°F) in conventional processes. Depending on the type of product, NUTEC Bickley can offer a wide range of products to suit your production needs.
Continuous kilns are more efficient than batch kilns. There are multiple technologies that can improve efficiency like heat exchanger systems, heat storage, ECOmbustion, etc. NUTEC Bickley can offer a wide range of solutions for your heat recovery needs.
Industrial kilns can last for decades if taken care of correctly. Frequent maintenance procedures are important to keep your kilns in top shape. NUTEC Bickley can offer retrofits or refurbishments to repair insulation systems, update obsolete control systems, and replace old combustion systems.
The cost of an industrial kiln can vary from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions of dollars depending on the size and its use. Speak to NUTEC Bickley's engineers and we can gladly give you a budget that would suit your requirements.
While dryers focus on removing moisture, industrial kilns are designed to transform materials through chemical reactions or phase change.
Kilns provide precise temperature control, uniform heat distribution, and sometimes specific atmospheres—essential for applications like firing ceramics, sintering advanced materials, or calcining minerals.
A dryer cannot achieve these transformations; it only reduces moisture content. Kilns, by contrast, ensure the material develops the desired structure, strength, or chemical composition.
At NUTEC Bickley, our global experience in custom-engineered kilns allows us to create solutions tailored to each process, optimizing both efficiency and product quality. Reach out to our team to explore how a kiln can meet your specific thermal processing needs.
Industrial ceramic kilns are engineered to deliver precise heat treatment, transforming both raw and shaped materials through controlled chemical and physical changes. Whether for firing, sintering, vitrification or calcining, these kilns ensure consistent product quality and process efficiency.
Key factors include temperature control, residence time, and atmosphere management—oxidizing, reducing, or neutral—tailored to the material. Modern kilns, such as advanced shuttle kilns and tunnel kilns, as well as rotary kilns, roller kilns, elevator kilns, or bell kilns, integrate automation for monitoring, reproducibility, and energy efficiency.
At NUTEC Bickley, we leverage decades of international experience delivering custom kilns for the ceramics and allied sector. Our team can help optimize your thermal processes and material capabilities. We are industrial kilns manufacturers in the USA!
At NUTEC Bickley, industrial kiln construction typically falls into two proven methods, selected based on size, production needs, and plant constraints.
With extensive international experience in custom-designed kilns, NUTEC Bickley helps customers select the construction method that best aligns with their technical requirements and growth plans. We invite you to connect with our team to explore a kiln solution tailored to your process and production goals.
When evaluating industrial kiln design, most ceramic and advanced material applications rely on two proven approaches. The correct choice depends on firing requirements, production volume, and energy efficiency goals.
We serve multiple industries through the design, building and installation of combustion systems, thermal insulation and highly specialized industrial furnaces, kilns and ovens. We are focused on understanding our customers’ needs and supplying the best equipment at the most competitive price.
In a major, high-value project – the second at this particular plant in Mexico – NUTEC Bickley will supply a 125m-long tunnel kiln to one of the world’s leading advanced ceramics manufacturers.
Explore NUTEC Bickley's latest innovative project, a highly flexible, energy-efficient shuttle kiln for the European sanitaryware sector.
NUTEC Bickley is in the process of transporting all modules of a 50m-long electric tunnel kiln to the advanced manufacturing facility operated by one of North America’s leading producers of ultra-high-purity alumina and associated products.
We offer specialized technical support and advice to ensure that you choose the solution that best suits your needs. Fill out this form or contact us to talk to us now.
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