However, there are funeral homes and cremation providers that allow the option of dressing your loved one prior to direct cremation. The body is bathed, cleaned, and dressed before identification. There is no embalming involved unless you want to have a public viewing before the cremation. Jewelry or other items or personal belongings of the deceased are also removed before the cremation process. December 16, Body size or weight The size of a person plays an important role in how long their cremation will take.
There are special caskets made for cremation, or you can use a simple cardboard box. The key rule is that the container must be sturdy enough to hold the body, and it must be combustible. A cremation chamber is referred to as a retort. It is an industrial furnace that is large enough to hold one body. Fire-resistant bricks line the chamber. The bricks can withstand temperatures up to degrees. Modern cremation furnaces follow according to strict environmental and air quality standards—natural gas, propane, or diesel fuel power the furnaces.
They are also automated and computerized. After incineration, the remains are cooled. The operator inspects the remains for remnants of metal left behind and removes them by hand or with strong magnets.
The metal is often sent to a recycler. We refer to cremated remains as ashes but what is left behind is actually bits of bone. After grinding, the ashes are placed in a plastic bag. The bag is placed in the urn that the family provides or in a temporary container.
The urn or container with the ashes is returned to the family. Both cremation and in-ground burial involve processes that work on the body. Then there is a service; either religious or secular see below. Then the committal removal of the coffin takes place, the coffin may be obscured from view by curtains closing around it, different crematoria have different ways of doing this: sometimes the coffin is lowered from sight, or withdrawn through a gateway. Then the mourners leave the chapel. You can have a religious, non religious or no service at all if you choose, if you are non religious, but wish to have a service conducted you may wish to use the service of a Celebrant - who can conduct non-religious, semi religious, spiritual ceremonies.
Check here for Celebrants. For religious services contact your faith leader, as you will need to discuss which type of service you want.
The whole process take between 40 minutes and an hour. Different crematorium have different durations, you should make sure you have allowed enough time for people to enter the chapel, hold the service and leave. You are not allowed to impact on the time of those coming before or after you. This is not the funeral directors fault, they have to follow the time allotted by the crematoria.
Note : If you want a longer service speak to your funeral director - they can usually organise this for you there may be an additional charge. It is withdrawn into a committal room where the nameplate of the coffin is checked with the cremation order to ensure correct identity. The coffin is then labelled with a card prepared by the crematorium giving all the relevant information.
This card will stay with the body from now on until the release of ashes back to the family. The coffin is placed in the cremator, which is a cubicle that will only allow for one standard sized coffin to fit.
The coffin is cremated with the body and nothing can be removed from the coffin after committal. A magnet removes the ferrous parts ironware and other metals which now fused with other material and not recognisable are removed.
These traditional have been buried at the crematorium grounds. However many now send them off for recycling. When the cremation process has finished the ashes are placed on a cooling tray. This adds another hour to two hours to the total cremation processing time.
The last element is one that affects nearly every business: weekends and holidays. And if your loved one passes away near a holiday, the cremation process can take longer. Some crematories offer weekend cremation services, but most do not. And those that do often charge a premium for using their staff and facilities on weekends or holidays. A funeral home or crematory usually gives the family an opportunity to select or purchase an urn or container for the ashes ahead of the cremation.
You could also purchase an urn elsewhere and bring it to the funeral home or crematory for use. If you receive the ashes this way, you can then carefully transfer the plastic bag to another urn or container. You could even transfer some of the ashes to cremation jewelry. Many people choose cremation, either for themselves or a loved one, as a lower-cost alternative to a costly burial process.
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