Case Studies

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Energy recovery of household waste - Refrax® Plus Tiles

Energy recovery of household waste - Refrax® Plus Tiles

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Challenge : In the first five years, recurring maintenance work with intensive tile replacement was required in the lower half of the first pass due to...

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Blast Furnace refractory supply and installation supervision

Blast Furnace refractory supply and installation supervision

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Supervised by Saint-Gobain Performance Ceramics & Refractories international team comprising professionals from Germany, France and India, the refractory...

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NORVIBE® Dry Vibrated Cements Case Study

NORVIBE® Dry Vibrated Cements Case Study

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Challenge: cements can be made with high-quality, pure raw materials that are engineered to achieve maximum performance

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Waste to Energy Solutions for Optimal Energy Production

Waste to Energy Solutions for Optimal Energy Production

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Challenge: The questions around boiler ash hoppers and how Saint-Gobain monolithic materials represent the ideal long-term waste to energy solution to...

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Norflow® A 973 to Reduce Ladle Patching and Repair

Norflow® A 973 to Reduce Ladle Patching and Repair

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Challenge: The castables has to be resistant to erosion and impact due to metal pouring into the ladle. It needs as well to reduce the ladle patching and...

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LO-MASS® ULTRA Plate Systems in Fuel Cell Substrate Firing

LO-MASS® ULTRA Plate Systems in Fuel Cell Substrate Firing

Description

LO-MASS® ULTRA 4 mm plate systems are an innovative and highly functional plate system to replace conventional or thicker plate systems in fuel cell...

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T-Clip® PRO tile system in Refrax® PLUS Material

T-Clip® PRO tile system in Refrax® PLUS Material

Description

T-Clip® PRO tile system in Refrax® Plus Material used to protect the wall tubes inside the Waste to Energy boilers.

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Blast furnace main troughs

Blast furnace main troughs

Description

Challenge: Aggressive oxidation leads to high porosity & low resistance. Root cause analysis of higher frequent repairs & lower yield.

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T-Clip® PRO Tile System in Refrax® Top Material

T-Clip® PRO Tile System in Refrax® Top Material

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Challenge: The old system with potential for the heavy ash / slag build-up in upper levels falling could endangering personnel when they entered the boiler...