If you have been in the precast refractory business long enough, you’ve probably made or heard the statement “dirt in…
Michael Ducato
For the most part, induction furnaces contain a coil that creates a rapidly reversing magnetic field. The magnetic field penetrates…
The refractory business used to be divided into manufacturers and contractors/installers/distributors (CID). Manufacturers made the product and were a vendor…
The first comment to the above statement is usually: “I’m not operating as much, so shouldn’t the refractory last as long, or longer, than when we we’re running full out?” The answer is usually no.
During the past 40 years in the refractory industry, I have seen, and been part of the continuing effort to develop monolithic refractories as the go to product for most of the heat intensive industries. However, there are still applications where brick is a better choice.