We have been helping thermal-processing companies operate their critical and demanding heat environments by providing dependable safe refractory solutions for more than a century.

In the middle of the last century, a scientist employed by the Carborundum Company fulfilled the industrialized market requirements for a low-thermal-mass insulation material.

Good linings require the best attachment methods. Challenges exist, but developments are overcoming the challenges.

Air pollution is a hot topic globally and shows no signs of abating. According to EURACTIV, some 40 million people in the 115 largest cities of the EU are exposed to pollution exceeding World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guideline values (for at least one pollutant).

Many firms in need of additional heating capacity in their manufacturing processes turn to older furnaces that can be obtained through auction or other means instead of buying new. Breathing new life into these furnaces often means taking a careful look at the condition of the refractory lining.

With the complete substitution of aluminum-silicate wool in its product range, Nabertherm GmbH was successfully able to comply in total with the requirements of TRGS 619, setting new standards in the furnace industry.

ArmorMax Engineered Products, a business unit of the MAX Group of Companies, opened a new manufacturing, warehousing and repair facility in Lebanon, Pa.

No. 886 is a dual-chamber electric bench furnace that can be used for a variety of heat-treating applications.