HWI is a leading refractory supplier to the lime industry in the United States. We are one of the most trusted, reliable partners in the industry, with people and refractory products that have proven their performance for decades. Our dedicated application specialists provide extensive knowledge and experience in lime production. For us, this means more insight into customer process challenges; for you, it means better solutions.
Spotlight
We offer a full range of refractory products to support lime production. In addition, HWI has pioneered scores of innovations for the lime industry, including:
- Monolithic anchorage designs that better resist thermal, chemical, and mechanical stresses
- Patented prefoil heat exchangers
- Fuel burner refractory designs
- Dam designs
- Tumbler designs
Our Value-Added Service (VAS) team can provide benefits such as on-site leadership, engineering, kiln ovality, process reviews, thermal scanning, installation oversight, equipment, inventory solutions, and priority access to research and development services (failure analysis and postmortem). These services help our customers achieve their production and economic goals.
Availability:
- Dedicated sales personnel ready to respond 24/7/365
- Manufacturing plants producing refractory products in North America
- Strategically placed distribution centers providing one of the quickest response times in the refractory industry
- Usually shipping with same-day or next-day delivery
- Staging and shipping to anywhere in the world
- Ready-to-ship inventory of our best-selling refractories
Global Projects & Engineering:
- Specialists in new projects offering a range of services, from refractory product supplier all the way to full installation partner
- Greenfield construction
- Manufacturing and plant modernization
- Serving the advanced engineering needs of existing facilities
- End-to-end delivery of refractories: drawings, products, and installation
- Strong conceptual drawing capabilities with meticulous attention to detail
Installation, Service, & Support:
- Support from HWI’s network of premier contractor/installers
- Available benefits of a VAS team:
- Single-source responsibility that delivers cost savings
- Just-in-time delivery of refractory materials, ensuring the freshest product on the jobsite
- Inventory solutions
- Quick response times, minimizing outages and downtime
- More in-depth knowledge of your business, yielding the best refractory solutions
- Embedded HWI team members and resources at your site
- Our Advanced Technology and Research Center is the largest facility in the United States devoted to refractory development, quality assurance, and failure analysis.
Education & Training:
- Ongoing educational seminars at our Advanced Technology and Research Center
- Customized, on-site training for customers upon request
- Webcasts and video training modules upon request