A manufacturing line (310; 910; 1010; 1110), comprising: a tape (314; 922; 1022; 1112) including a green section thereof (314A; 922; 1022; 1112) comprising grains of an inorganic material bound by an organic binder, an unbound section of the tape that is not yet sintered but has charred or no binder, and an at least partially sintered section of the tape (314C; 932; 1128); and a furnace (312; 410; 914; 1014; 1126) comprising: a guide (412; 1124; 1130) that defines a passage (318; 928), wherein the passage (318; 928) includes a binder burn-off location and a sintering location, and a heater that achieves temperature of at least three-hundred degrees Celsius in the sintering location of the passage; and a tension regulator (324; 916, 918; 1016, 1018; 1132), wherein the binder burn-off location chars or burns the organic binder from the green section (314A; 922; 1022; 1112) to form the unbound section of the tape that is not yet sintered but has charred or no binder; wherein the sintering location at least partially sinters the inorganic material to form the at least partially sintered section (314C; 932; 1128) of the tape; wherein the unbound section supports the weight of the tape physically connected and adjacent thereto; wherein the inorganic material of the at least partially-sintered tape (314C; 932; 1128) is further sintered in a heating location to form a fully sintered article (924; 1024); and wherein the tension regulator (324; 916, 918; 1016, 1018; 1132)influences tension in the tape to facilitate shaping of the at least partially-sintered section (314C; 932; 1128) during the further sintering. a tape (314; 922; 1022; 1112) including a green section thereof (314A; 922; 1022; 1112) comprising grains of an inorganic material bound by an organic binder, an unbound section of the tape that is not yet sintered but has charred or no binder, and an at least partially sintered section of the tape (314C; 932; 1128); and a furnace (312; 410; 914; 1014; 1126) comprising: a guide (412; 1124; 1130) that defines a passage (318; 928), wherein the passage (318; 928) includes a binder burn-off location and a sintering location, and a heater that achieves temperature of at least three-hundred degrees Celsius in the sintering location of the passage; and a tension regulator (324; 916, 918; 1016, 1018; 1132), a guide (412; 1124; 1130) that defines a passage (318; 928), wherein the passage (318; 928) includes a binder burn-off location and a sintering location, and a heater that achieves temperature of at least three-hundred degrees Celsius in the sintering location of the passage; and a tension regulator (324; 916, 918; 1016, 1018; 1132), wherein the binder burn-off location chars or burns the organic binder from the green section (314A; 922; 1022; 1112) to form the unbound section of the tape that is not yet sintered but has charred or no binder; wherein the sintering location at least partially sinters the inorganic material to form the at least partially sintered section (314C; 932; 1128) of the tape; wherein the unbound section supports the weight of the tape physically connected and adjacent thereto; wherein the inorganic material of the at least partially-sintered tape (314C; 932; 1128) is further sintered in a heating location to form a fully sintered article (924; 1024); and wherein the tension regulator (324; 916, 918; 1016, 1018; 1132)influences tension in the tape to facilitate shaping of the at least partially-sintered section (314C; 932; 1128) during the further sintering.