Crematory Operator Training Today!

foxtrapper wrote: In the case of this unit especially, with its optional "blaster", it will fire a large extremely hot blast that will burn everything in its path to a pearl white. Making for very thorough final combustion and clean remains.

Now that sounds like it could be useful. I have no idea what for but I'm certain I could come up with something if you happen to find a spare "blaster" around.

I will add this extremely pertinent website to the discussion.

http://www.cremationsolutions.com/Cremation-Jewelry-for-Ashes-c4.html

foxtrapper wrote:

fasted58 wrote:

foxtrapper wrote:

GameboyRMH wrote: So it's not just "Insert corpse, press Burn?"

You can do that. It'll work. But if you want nice white ashes, there's quite a bit of stirring, and the use of the Blast button.

I may prefer cremation over embalming and the burial thing but please elaborate on the 'stirring thing'.

If you leave the body there on the hearth, it will combust. But the parts laying on the stone will not burn as thoroughly. Similarly, parts over by the edges and out of the path of the flames will not burn so well. Move the remains as they burn down, bringing the wetter denser parts into the burner flames will more thoroughly combust the remains. You will be alternately separating remains, or gathering them together, depending on what is needed. It's very similar to attending a camp fire. In the case of this unit especially, with its optional "blaster", it will fire a large extremely hot blast that will burn everything in its path to a pearl white. Making for very thorough final combustion and clean remains. Bones do burn down to powder in a crematory, especially if a crematory is allowed to do a thorough cremation. Where it doesn't happen is when the cremation is cut short, or they try to run cheaply and use too little gas in the burners (cold burn). I used to see this a lot with the little pathological waste incinerators where they would pile the waste into a heap, pour fuel over it (usually diesel) and light it with a match. Those sometimes wouldn't get hot enough to melt plastics in the center of the pile.

When I was about 19 and my dog had to be put down, I decided on "Private Cremation", which I guess means that you actually get your own dog's ashes back instead of just a sample from the pile. I think the cremains came back to me in a waxed cardboard box with a plastic bag inside it. The bag-in-a-box thing didn't sit well with me, so when I dug the hole (Sidebar: This is actually my second "digging a grave" post here on the ol' forum), I decided to just bury the actual ashes and discard the box and bag. There was one nearly complete bone (maybe a rib) and a paper clip in there.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

Swank Force One wrote: Now on my list of things to become, preferably late in life: "Discarded KFC Bucket from Hell."

"Whatcha got in that bucket? Fried Chicken?"

That was berkeleying hysterical.

wbjones wrote: racist

Also berkeleying hysterical.

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