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The ceramic manufacturing process inside a pottery factory in Khurja, Uttar Pradesh, a city internationally renowned for its ceramic and bone china industry. The scene focuses on a large industrial tunnel kiln, where multi-tiered metal racks loaded with ceramic pots, planters, vases, and decorative products are moved into the furnace for firing. Operating at approximately 1125°C, the kiln completes one full firing cycle in about one hour, transforming the shaped clay into durable ceramic ware. The facility features an industrial workshop environment with overhead gas pipelines, exhaust systems, metal tracks for moving kiln carts, and storage racks filled with unfired and finished ceramic products awaiting processing. The footage highlights the large-scale manufacturing techniques that have
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