| |June, 202219by innovative technology and value-driven sophisticated furnace market", he adds.There are a wide range of refractory compositions fab-ricated however; the most commonly used are silica, alu-mina, and magnesium. Zirconia is used when the material has to withstand very high temperatures. While these re-fractories are used in a number of environments such as acidic atmospheres where they are not attacked by alka-lis, silicon carbide or graphite is used as a refractory In an oxygen-free atmosphere for withstanding extremely high temperatures. Although most of the standard refractory products look like a typical construction brick, there are numerous forms and shapes in which they may be used for construct-ing an arch or forming a round opening in a furnace.THE ROAD AHEADThe Indian refractory industry is a Rs.9000 crore market. The major players in this market include RHI Magnesita India, TRL Krosaki, and Dalmia OCL. While seventy-five percent of the refractories produced using magnesia, alu-mina, or silica are used with the others being used by boil-er industries, cement, and glass, petrochemicals & ceram-ics. refractories are highly essential materials for various high-temperature equipment that are used in the internal linings of blast furnaces as well as converters used for steel making & in furnaces for heating materials before further processing.Refractories must be continuously manufactured since they are critical components to almost all products sup-ply chains. However, at the same time, the highest prior-ity of companies should be the safety and well-being of in-dustry employees and the communities in which they are operating. Rapid infrastructure development and surge in demand from the automotive sector have resulted in iron & steel manufacturing in both developed as well as developing nations as refractory materials in these countries are used largely for thermal insulation purposes
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