Refractory materials

Refractory materials

Refractory materials are:

  • Heat confinement materials used for:
    • Combustion and heat exchange
    • Their chemical inertia properties
  • Evolving heteropolar multiphase materials:
    • Crystals – glass – pores
    • Aggregate – matrix – pores
    • Granulometric distribution
  • Diverse industrial materials:
    • Concretes
    • Bricks
    • Insulating panels
    • Etc.
 

The worldwide recognized experience of CIR Laboratory in the sector of refractory materials is at your disposal for the characterization, the development and for the comprehension of these materials, whatever your application.

Applications areas

We specialize in analysis and testing, consulting, training and R&D services aimed for the following industrial applications:

  • Alumino-siliceous refractories
  • Basic refractories
  • Special products
  • Carbon materials
    • Carbon electrodes
    • Graphite blocks
  • Shaped
    • Bricks
    • Pre-shaped pieces
  • Unshaped
    • Jointing materials
    • Cements
    • Grout
    • Ramming
    • Refractory concretes
    • Plastic mixes
    • Gunning mixes
  • Fired and unfired
  • Dense and insulating
  • Ceramic fibres based materials
 

Industrial activities

Our services apply to the following industrial activities:

  • Research and development
  • Selection and identification of materials
  • Manufacturing and shape-forming processes
    • Raw materials selection
    • Raw materials preparation
      • Purification
      • Crushing
    • Mix preparation
      • Powders
      • Slips
      • Plastic pastes
    • Shape-forming
      • Pressing
      • Casting
      • Extrusion
      • Injection
      • Masonry
      • Gunning
      • Ramming
    • Thermal treatments
    • Surface treatments
    • Recycling of materials
  • Quality control
  • Post-Mortems (failure analyses)
  • Modeling (physical and thermodynamic)
  • Audits and optimization