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Refractory Solutions for Ferrous Foundry

HWI has been a refractory supplier with the ferrous foundry industry for more than 150 years. We have one of the largest field services teams of any refractory supplier, and our dedicated ferrous foundry application specialists know the challenges specific to your refractory processes. So many customers trust the reliability of HWI products because we invented many of the most common product formulations in the ferrous foundry industry.

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Our Value-Added Service (VAS) team can provide a wide range of support, from simple consultation to on-site installation services. We have equipment rental services and a full range of inventory solutions. We can also provide priority access to our Advanced Research and Technology Center testing services. Our role can be customized to your needs. We can step in as simply a refractory product supplier, or we can take the job all the way through installation.You decide.

Our people work with intensity to ensure that your operation keeps moving. Come partner with us.

Industry brochure: Refractory Solutions for Ferrous Foundry

Proven Refractory Products:

KORUNDAL® XD, VERSAFLOW®, KRUZITE®-70, RUBY®, FOUNDRYPAK, NISIC 20, PLASTECH®, and MAGNEL HF® US

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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

 

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60DB® A direct-bonded 60% magnesia, burned brick English
ALADIN® 80 An 80% alumina brick
AMERICLASE 90 A 50% magnesia, silicate bonded gunning mix
AMERICLASE 94 A 65% magnesia gunning mix
AMERICLASE 94 S A 65% magnesia, chemically bonded gunning mix
AMERICLASE 98 S A 97% magnesia, chemically bonded gunning mix
AMERICLASE H A 74% magnesia, dry ramming mix
BASIC 187 GM-60 A 60% magnesia, silicate bonded gunning mix English
BASIC 187 GM-90 A 90% magnesia, chemically bonded gunning mix English
BASIC 187 GM-93 A 93% magnesia, chemically bonded gunning mix English
BASIC 187 GM-95 A 95% magnesia, chemically bonded gunning mix English
CORAL® BP A burned, phosphate bonded 80% alumina brick
D-CAST TRC-OR PLUS An ultra-low cement, high Alumina castable with a silicon carbide plus carbon addition English
D-CAST® 85 GOLD CASTABLE An 85% alumina, low moisture castable
D-CAST® 85 GOLD SiC4 An ultra-low cement, high alumina castable with 4% silicon carbide English
D-CAST® 85TMCC CASTABLE An ultra-low cement, high alumina castable English
FOUNDRYPAK 55P FINE WET A 55% alumina, fine grained, phosphate bonded refractory plastic English
FUSECRETE® C An high alumina course aggregate castable English
GREENLITE® 23 LI G ON-LINE® A 2300°F rated lightweight gunning mix
GREENLITE® 23 LI PLUS DS A 2300°F rated lightweight gunning mix
GREENPAK®-85-MP PLUS High-Alumina, Phosphate-Bonded, Plastic Refractory
GREFCON® 98 SP A 3300°F, spinel-containing castable
HOT BANK 19 A dolomite based dry ramming mix English
HOT BANK 53 A dry ramming mix composed of sintered dolomite and magnesia
HP-CAST ® 93Z3 A high-purity alumina, ultra-low cement castable
HP-CAST ® 94MA-C A high-purity alumina, spinel-containing, ultra-low cement, coarse castable
HP-CAST ® ULTRA A high purity alumina, spinel forming, ultra-low cement castable
HP-CAST 93S High-Purity Alumina, Spinel-Containing, Ultra-Low Cement Castable
INSWOOL® 3000 BLANKET A 3000°F rated, mullite ceramic fiber blanket English
INSWOOL® CSW 3000 MODULE A folded, pre-weld, 3000°F rated ceramic fiber module English
INSWOOL® CSW HP MODULE A folded, pre-weld, 2300°F rated ceramic fiber module English
INSWOOL® CSW HTZ MODULE A folded, pre-weld, 2600°F rated ceramic fiber module English
ISOTAP® An Iso-Pressed magneisa and graphite taphole
KAST-O-LITE® 30 LI PLUS a 3000°F, low iron, insulating castable
KAST-O-LITE® 97 L PLUS A 3300°F rated lightweight castable
KORUNDAL XD
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KORUNDAL XD® A 90% alumina, mullite bonded brick with low porosity
KORUNDAL XD® DM High Alumina (90%), mullite bonded brick with low porosity English
KRUZITE®-70 A 70% alumina brick
NARMAG® 60 DB A direct-bonded, 65% magnesia, 18% chromia burned brick English
NARMAG® 80 DB A 10% chromia-containing, direct-bond, magnesia chrome burned brick English
NARMAG® 95 CASTABLE A 95% magnesia castable English
NARMAG® FG A 19% chromia, rebonded fused-grain magnesia-chrome burned brick English
NARTAR® 7 A magnesia, pitch impregnated burned brick English
NISIC 20 A nitride bonded, silicon carbide brick English
PLASTECH® 50P STD A 50% alumina, phosphate bonded refractory plastic
PLASTECH® 70P STD A 70% alumina, phosphate bonded plastic refractory
PLASTECH® 90P FINE A fine grained, 90% alumina, phosphate bonded refractory plastic English
PLASTECH® 90P STD A 90% alumina, phosphate bonded refractory plastic
PLASTECH® RUBY® An alumina-chromium, phosphate bonded refractory plastic
RUBY® An alumina-chrome brick with 10% chrome
RUBY® DM An alumina-chrome brick with 10% chrome English
S142® A semi-rebonded 64% magnesia, 17% chrome burned brick English
S145® A semi-rebonded 60% magnesia, 20% chrome burned brick English
SFG® A 21% chromia-containing, rebonded magnesia-chrome brick English
SHOT-TECH® 60 A 60% alumina, low-cement shotcrete mix
SHOT-TECH® 80 An 80% alumina, low-cement shotcrete
SLID® An 18% chromia, magnesia-chrome burned brick English
UNACAST® 1005X An 80% alumina, thermal shock resistant, pre-cast shape English
VERSAFLOW® 60 PLUS A 60% alumina, low cement castable
VERSAFLOW® 70 C PLUS A 70% alumina, coarse aggregate, low-cement castable English
VERSAFLOW® 70 PLUS A 70% alumina, low-cement castable
VERSAGUN® ABR PLUS A 60% alumina, low-cement gunning mix designed for abrasion resistance

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