Markets Market Description Aluminium and Alumina The Company has long been a dominant supplier to aluminium smelters and we have FURNASCOTE and HIGLAZE a range of refractory high temperature coatings for the alumina calciners. High purity MAXIAL fireclay and insulating firebricks, MAXICAST pre-cast pre-fired shapes are offered to anode baking furnaces. In reduction cells MAXIAL fireclay brick and our insulating boards are the products of choice with the co-operation of our broad based international affiliation with overseas suppliers we are able to supply MAXISIL nitride bonded silicon carbide bricks and shapes along with cathode blocks. For melting and holding furnaces, we manufacture a wide range of aluminium resistant products such a pre-cast and pre-fired MAXICAST shapes coated with FURNASCOTE high temperature coatings resistant to aluminium alloys and corundum growth. We supply MAXIAL non-wetting brick, MAXICAST monolithics and a host of back up insulating castables and boards. MAXICAST, MAXIGUN and MAXIPLAS products are proven in alumina calciners where campaign lives have been extended considerably. Iron and Steel This industry is a primary consumer of refractory materials worldwide and has been a key market for Refractech Pty Ltd from supply of pre-cast refractory shapes to flow control systems for Continuous casting of steel, BOS vessels and steel ladles to torpedo ladles, steel and iron transfer troughs to electric arc furnace refractories. The Company manufactures and also supplies from overseas affiliates refractories suitable for the most arduous of steel making environments. MAXIMAG basic refractory bricks, MAXIAL high alumina and fireclay bricks and MAXICAST low cement castables and gunnites are just some of the products that have performed well within this field. In addition, we are the agent and supply the new and innovative THERMBOND chemical bond high alumina refractory castable for rapid repairs and maintenance when downtime is critical or when thermal shock problems are seen to be a high cost item in refractory applications and repairs are needed urgently. THERMBOND refractory is used to repair most refractory applications because of its ability to withstand repeated thermal cycling with minimal loss to physical properties. Mineral Processing The Company has long been a dominant supplier to the Cement and Lime industry. Refractech is considered by the Australian Cement and Lime producers as the most innovative engineering refractory company for design and improvement of refractory lining systems. For the pre-heater tower vessel, Refractech supplies Maxicast refractory pre-cast, pre-fired composite engineered shapes coated with the new Furnascote NONVIT high temperature refractory coating and HIGLAZE for reduction of alkali attack and where coating build-ups occur. CEMENT AND LIME MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES REFRACTECH ENGINEERED REFRACTORY PRECAST, PREFIRED SHAPES Non Ferrous Metals Refractech provides a complete range of refractories for use in molten copper, nickel, lead, zinc, tin and other special non-ferrous metal applications. The range of MAXIMAG direct bonded magnesite – chrome brick along with many THERMBOND and MAXICAST monolithics and pre-cast shapes used throughout these industries to line the Converters, reverberatory furnaces, launders, flash smelters, rotary furnaces, boilers, roasters and heat/metal handling vessels. The supply of the new FURNASCOTE has provided an industry standard for protection of fired refractory from thermal shock, slag attack and corrosion. In combination with the high temperature release coating MAXICOTE 500H this olivine coating allows for easy removal of metal skins and skulls from launders and converter lips. Petrochemical The modern petroleum refinery is undergoing a continuous evolution with changes in feedstock and more severe operating conditions. This creates a great demand on refractories. Refractech meets this challenge with the new and innovative THERMBOND chemical bond refractory castable, gunnite, rammable and trowellable products. The THERMBOND refractory range is a product leader for high abrasion resistance, use in catalytic cracker areas as well as the THERMBRAKE insulating monolithics for heater linings, stacks, and regenerator zones. Due to THERMBRAKES very low thermal conductivity and to engineer ceramic fibre out of the industry, it is used to line crude heaters, ammonia reformers and ethylene furnaces. Power Generation Power generation is an ever changing field but one element that has remained constant is the need for high quality refractories. Refractory technology for this industry has changed with the evolution of new demands for power, economic and environmental concerns. Two refractory applications associated with power generation are ash hoppers and cyclone boilers. These two areas have now increased service life with the use of the new THERMBOND refractory range of products. Refractech is a major supplier into the power generation industry with a range of high performance THERMBOND castable, gunnite, rammable, trowellable and THERMBRAKE insulating refractory monolithics for fluid bed and conventional generation power plants. Other Supply of Refractory products and high temperature materials for markets other than the mentioned markets.