The loader carrying Victoria coffin moves on tracks set into the floor across to one the cremators. It is number three that will take Victoria - the same cremator that consumed her dad.
The cremation retort has been heated to 850 degrees centigrade. The loader moves right up to the door and it's height is adjusted to match the cremator opening. The technician presses a button on the side of the loader and the stainless steel cremator door opens vertically. There is intense heat - like opening your oven door when you're too close, but 10 times the heat at the distance of a few metres. An orange/red glow comes from inside the cremator. As soon as the door has opened, another button causes Victoria's coffin to be pushed inside on two long forks and rested onto the hearth. The loading machine withdraws and the door shuts. All this happens very fast, from the door opening, to it shutting again with Victoria inside the cremator, takes about 10 seconds.
The hearth on which Victoria's coffin rests is really hot, because it serves as both the floor of the cremation (primary) chamber and the roof of the afterburner (secondary) chamber. Heated by the cremation burner and by Victoria's combustion the hot hearth also absorbs heat from the afterburner chamber beneath, and from Victoria's combustion gases that move under the hearth on their way through the afterburner chamber. The hot hearth provides better combustion and so cremates Victoria faster. The utilization of the re-circulated heat significantly reduces fuel consumption - I'm sure that Victoria will be happy that her cremation will be so environmentally sound. The thorough heating of the hearth vaporizes any of her bodily fluids that leak as she is burnt up.
An identity card was attached to Victoria's coffin. It is now placed into a slot on the outside of the cremator. Around the other side of the cremator is where Victoria's ashes will be extracted. The furnace manual controls are accessed here and there is a the peep hole. Each cremator is fitted with a very high temperature resistant glass window, only about 4 inches in diameter, but angled so that the technician can see a good portion of what's going on.
After 20 seconds the technician looks into the peep hole. Victoria's coffin is completely and ferociously ablaze and already the coffin lid is peeling back to expose her to the heat. The brown/gray smoke out of the chimney is the cardboard of your Victoria's coffin burning.
In the intense heat the precious metals of Victoria's wedding and toe rings will be fused with other material so they will not be recognizable in her ashes.
After 20 minutes the technician looks into the peep hole again. Victoria's charred body can be seen surrounded by fierce flames. What is left is mostly Victoria's torso, although her head is clearly visible.
A little later ....
Lisa is visiting the crematorium to write a newspaper article.
As she peers through the peep hole, it's obvious this Victoria has been inside for a while now.
The Lisa sees that Victoria's ribcage and the skull which must have been cut open for a post-mortem as it is
neatly sliced in half. Flames gently lap at Victoria's brain. Lisa is seeing her own future.
Victoria's body burns well and provides enough fuel to maintain combustion throughout most of her cremation. Only at the end does the computer automatically turn on the main burner to finish her off. At this point a wofty of smoke goes out of the chimney from the natural gas. Victoria's bones are now glowing inside the chamber....
The operator uses the visual inspection port to check that Victoria's cremation is complete. All that remains of her is a mass of red hot incinerated bone and coffin ash. It has taken 90 minutes to reduce Victoria to this.
The loader carrying Victoria coffin moves on tracks set into the floor across to one the cremators. It is number three that will take Victoria - the same cremator that consumed her dad.
The cremation retort has been heated to 850 degrees centigrade. The loader moves right up to the door and it's height is adjusted to match the cremator opening. The technician presses a button on the side of the loader and the stainless steel cremator door opens vertically. There is intense heat - like opening your oven door when you're too close, but 10 times the heat at the distance of a few metres. An orange/red glow comes from inside the cremator. As soon as the door has opened, another button causes Victoria's coffin to be pushed inside on two long forks and rested onto the hearth. The loading machine withdraws and the door shuts. All this happens very fast, from the door opening, to it shutting again with Victoria inside the cremator, takes about 10 seconds.
The hearth on which Victoria's coffin rests is really hot, because it serves as both the floor of the cremation (primary) chamber and the roof of the afterburner (secondary) chamber. Heated by the cremation burner and by Victoria's combustion the hot hearth also absorbs heat from the afterburner chamber beneath, and from Victoria's combustion gases that move under the hearth on their way through the afterburner chamber. The hot hearth provides better combustion and so cremates Victoria faster. The utilization of the re-circulated heat significantly reduces fuel consumption - I'm sure that Victoria will be happy that her cremation will be so environmentally sound. The thorough heating of the hearth vaporizes any of her bodily fluids that leak as she is burnt up.
An identity card was attached to Victoria's coffin. It is now placed into a slot on the outside of the cremator. Around the other side of the cremator is where Victoria's ashes will be extracted. The furnace manual controls are accessed here and there is a the peep hole. Each cremator is fitted with a very high temperature resistant glass window, only about 4 inches in diameter, but angled so that the technician can see a good portion of what's going on.
After 20 seconds the technician looks into the peep hole. Victoria's coffin is completely and ferociously ablaze and already the coffin lid is peeling back to expose her to the heat. The brown/gray smoke out of the chimney is the cardboard of your Victoria's coffin burning.
In the intense heat the precious metals of Victoria's wedding and toe rings will be fused with other material so they will not be recognizable in her ashes.
After 20 minutes the technician looks into the peep hole again. Victoria's charred body can be seen surrounded by fierce flames. What is left is mostly Victoria's torso, although her head is clearly visible.
A little later ....
Lisa is visiting the crematorium to write a newspaper article.
As she peers through the peep hole, it's obvious this Victoria has been inside for a while now.
The Lisa sees that Victoria's ribcage and the skull which must have been cut open for a post-mortem as it is
neatly sliced in half. Flames gently lap at Victoria's brain. Lisa is seeing her own future.
Victoria's body burns well and provides enough fuel to maintain combustion throughout most of her cremation. Only at the end does the computer automatically turn on the main burner to finish her off. At this point a wofty of smoke goes out of the chimney from the natural gas. Victoria's bones are now glowing inside the chamber....
The operator uses the visual inspection port to check that Victoria's cremation is complete. All that remains of her is a mass of red hot incinerated bone and coffin ash. It has taken 90 minutes to reduce Victoria to this.
Diamond 2000EF single end cremator