Ceramic manufacturing analytics
KilnMetric helps ceramic manufacturers connect firing records, material batches and inspection results to estimate defect risk, surface recurring patterns and track engineer-approved trials.
Batch history
Material lots live with stores, firing curves with the kiln controller, inspection results on the sorting line. KilnMetric joins them per batch, so a rejected batch can be traced back through every stage it passed.
Clay L-77 · moisture 5.7%
Body density, moisture
Glaze G-12 · weight
Peak 1,151 °C · cooling 36 °C/min
11.8% rejected · cracks 41
Defect-risk prediction
KilnMetric estimates each batch’s defect risk from its material lot, pressed-body moisture and firing record, and shows exactly what pushed the estimate up. Engineers decide whether to hold a batch for extra inspection.
KB-309 · clay L-77 · glaze G-12 · fired Fri 8
Contributions to the model’s log-odds. Not yet inspected — this is a prediction, not a result.
Pattern analysis
Average rejection rate of inspected sample batches, with and without each condition. Small samples, and association is not chemistry — which is why the next step is a trial.
Trial tracking
When a pattern looks real, an engineer approves a controlled trial inside the approved process window — slower cooling on half the next batches, say — and KilnMetric compares the results with the control.
KilnMetric estimates and explains. Holding a batch, opening an investigation or changing a process is a person’s call.
It never changes setpoints or curves. Trials are approved by engineers and run by your team.
Models start narrow, on your own historical records, and widen only when they hold up.
Associations are labelled as associations until a controlled trial supports them.
Why it matters
Published figures from the sources linked. They describe the industry, not KilnMetric results.
Who it’s for
Wall and floor tile lines
Long cycles, costly rejects
Many glazes, many curves
Evidence for every change
Organisation types are prospective customers; no affiliation is implied.
Pricing
Illustrative pricing for a proposed product, agreed with pilot plants.
$1,100per kiln line / month
$3,200per plant / month
Custom
Proposed platform
A proposed design. Nothing is connected to this website; the firing ledger runs in your browser on fictional data.
Founders
Founder & CEO
Olumide has spent his career around kilns and sorting lines, and founded KilnMetric so that every rejected batch teaches the plant something. He leads product, customer partnerships and every pilot line.
Co-founder
Amina leads the analytics: connecting firing curves, material lots and inspection results, and building defect-risk models that engineers can question and test.
FAQ
Historical firing curves or controller logs, raw-material batch records and inspection results for one product family. Inspection notes can be free text.
No. It estimates risk and surfaces patterns. Engineers approve any trial or process change, and your team runs it.
They start from your own records and are checked against inspection results. Every estimate shows what drove it, so engineers can question it.
Not yet. It is a proposed product; the firing ledger is a prototype running in your browser on fictional data.
Pilot
A pilot uses your historical firing logs, material batch records and inspection results for one product family. Your engineers check every pattern and risk estimate against what they already know before relying on anything.
Or write to olumide@kilnmetric.com — Olumide Fashola replies personally.