Refractories Consultancy

We provide the following consultancy services, backed up by our refractories materials testing, refractories training services and computational modelling, to the following sectors of industry:

Manufacturers of refractories:

• Material development programmes
• Independent validation of refractories products or designs
• Refractories raw material evaluations
• Advice on equipment and procurement
• Process benchmarking and improvement.

Clients who use refractories in high temperature processes:

• Refractories failure investigation and causal analysis
• Independent site inspection
• Post mortem analysis
• Refractories improvement planning
• Auditing of refractory use
• Refractories training
• Performance optimisation
• Refractories design
• Material pre-delivery audit.

Refractory installers:

• Refractories failure investigation
• Problems with material properties or installation
• Technical advice
• Refractories training.

Original equipment manufacturers:

• Independent advice in the event of problems in service or installation
• Validation of materials
• Advice on performance enhancement.

Insurers, loss adjusters, health and safety providers, legal professionals and commercial organisations:

• Independent evaluation of refractory materials, components, installation, quality, performance and design issues
• Loss causation attribution
• Market advice and surveys.

With over 100 years combined experience Ceram consultants understand the needs of our clients. We offer a comprehensive suite of services to help them achieve their goals quickly and cost-effectively.

For more information, download our Refractory Services brochure from the right-hand panel.