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Refractory Solutions
For Every Application

Who else but HWI for your most intense and challenging refractories applications? From gasifiers to blast furnaces to kilns, our dedicated application specialists provide solutions that keep your business moving. Whether it’s our people or our high heat products, we’re focused on meeting today’s demands for strength, wear resistance, and insulating properties. So name your refractory requirements. And then count on HWI to deliver superior performance.

Iron & Steel

  • Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD)
  • Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF)
  • Blast Furnace
  • Casthouse
  • Coke Oven
  • Degasser
  • Electric Arc Furnace (EAF)
  • Hot Blast Stove
  • Iron Ladle
  • Iron Ore/Taconite
  • Reheat Furnace
  • Steel Ladle
  • Torpedo Ladle Car
  • Tundish

Aluminum

  • Die Casting
  • Primary Aluminum
  • Secondary Aluminum

Copper & Heavy Non Ferrous

  • Brass
  • Ferronickel
  • Lead
  • Precious Metals
  • Primary Copper
  • Secondary Copper

Ferrous Foundry

  • Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD)
  • Channel Induction Furnaces
  • Coreless and Vacuum Induction Melting
  • Cupolas
  • Electric Arc Furnaces
  • Feroalloys
  • Forge Furnaces
  • Ladles
  • Steel Casting

Glass

  • Art Glass
  • Container Glass
  • Fiber Glass
  • Float Glass
  • Technical Glass

Power Generation

  • Boilers
  • Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB)
  • Gasifiers
  • Power Boilers
  • Waste-to-Energy

Refineries & Petrochemicals

  • Fired Heaters
  • Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCU)
  • Gasifiers
  • Hydrogen Gas Plants
  • Reformer and Cracker Furnaces
  • Sulfur Recovery Units (SRU)

Chemicals

  • Alumina Plants
  • Carbon Black Plants
  • Coke Calcining Plants
  • Elemental Sulfur Plants
  • Ethanol Plants
  • Fertilizer Plants
  • Gasification Plants
  • Hydrogen Gas Plants
  • Phosphate Plants
  • Reactivation Carbon Plants
  • Sulfuric Acid Plants
  • Titania Tetrachloride Reactor (Chlorinator) Plants

Incineration

  • Acid Quench Vessels
  • Crematoriums
  • Gasifiers
  • Liquid Injection Units
  • Thermal Oxidation Units
  • Waste Incinerators

Cement

  • Burner Pipes
  • Coolers and Kiln Hoods
  • Preheat Towers
  • Rotary Kilns

Pulp & Paper

  • Black Liquor Recovery Boilers
  • Lime Recovery Kilns

Lime

  • Burner Pipes
  • Coolers and Firing Hoods
  • Heat Exchangers and Lifters
  • Preheaters
  • Rotary Kilns
  • Vertical Shaft Kilns

Space Exploration

  • Launch Pads

Other Industries

  • Brick Ovens & Artisans
  • Ceramic Kilns
  • Heat Treating

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