Petrochemicals
Petrochemical linings are usually specified correctly and installed under time pressure. That is why so many of them fail at the anchors and the joints rather than in the material.
Material systems we route here: Bricks · Castables · Mortars
Where the lining is
Process heater and furnace walls, roofs and floors, reformer and cracker linings, transfer lines and ducting, regenerator and reactor internals, flare and incinerator stacks, and extensive hot pipework insulation. The proportion of pipe and vessel insulation to hot-face refractory is higher here than in any other sector on this list.
What takes it out
Thermomechanical and mechanical damage, more often than chemistry: crushed brick edges with sound brick behind them, expansion joints closed completely, anchors bent, oxidised or standing proud of the lining, and wear that follows a mechanical pattern rather than a thermal one. Anchor spacing in everyday practice is frequently set by rule of thumb rather than by the anchor's and the lining's actual strength at temperature. Where the atmosphere is reducing and CO-rich, add CO disintegration in the cooler sections. Thermal cycling on units that are shut down and restarted regularly does the rest.
How we specify against it
Expansion joint design and placement, anchor material, grade and spacing, and a heat-up curve that is actually followed — these decide more petrochemical lining outcomes than the castable grade does. Low-cement castables carry far less water than conventional ones but are much less permeable, so their dryout is stricter rather than more forgiving; a shutdown window that has slipped is the single most common reason a good specification underperforms. Where the window is genuinely too short, precast and prefired shapes move the curing off the critical path entirely, which is usually a better answer than compressing the ramp. Bring us the schedule as well as the drawing.
The insulation is half the job
More of the refractory spend on a refinery or petrochemical site goes into insulating hot pipework, vessels and ducting than into hot-face lining, and it is the part most often value-engineered down and then paid for in fuel. We supply calcium silicate pipe sections in half rounds, curved segments and bevelled lags across the standard thickness range, calcium silicate board and block for vessels and flat work, and ceramic fibre for expansion joints, valve boxes and removable covers. Specify the insulation against a real cold-face target and a real ambient, not a nominal one.
49 product lines across 3 categories
Bricks
High Alumina Fire Brick — 30%
Bricks
High Alumina Fire Brick — 40%
Bricks
High Alumina Fire Brick — 50%
Bricks
High Alumina Fire Brick — 60%
Bricks
High Alumina Fire Brick — 70%
Bricks
High Alumina Fire Brick — 80%
Bricks
Acid Resistant Brick
Bricks
Magnesite Brick — 90%
Bricks
Magnesite Brick — 91%
Bricks
HFK Insulation Brick
Bricks
INS 110
Bricks
INS 140
Bricks
Porosint 500
Bricks
Porosint 750
Bricks
Alumina Burner Block
Bricks
Refractory Fire Tile
Mortars
MORTAR 30
Mortars
MORTAR 40
Mortars
MORTAR 60
Mortars
MORTAR 70
Mortars
MORTAR 90
Mortars
ACCOSET 50 N
Mortars
ACCOSET 50 F
Castables
FIRECRETE NORMAL
Castables
FIRECRETE SUPER
Castables
FIRECRETE SPECIAL
Castables
FIRECRETE SUPER SPECIAL
Castables
WHYTHEAT A
Castables
WHYTHEAT K
Castables
WHYTHEAT C
Castables
WHYTHEAT K SUPREME
Castables
WHYTHEAT A SUPREME
Castables
WHYTHEAT C SPECIAL
Castables
COIL COAT A
Castables
ACCMON 45
Castables
ACCMON 60
Castables
ACCMON 70 LI
Castables
ACCMON 80
Castables
ACCMON 80 AL
Castables
ACCMON 90
Castables
INSULYTE 4
Castables
INSULYTE 7
Castables
INSULYTE 11
Castables
INSULYTE 11 LI
Castables
INSULYTE 13
Castables
INSULYTE 13 LI
Castables
INSULYTE 15
Castables
INSULYTE 15 LI
Castables