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    Research & development

    Our refractory think tank.

    Research and development – these two terms stand for our central business areas and represent the essential driving forces of our company.

    Thanks to extensive basic research, the Refratechnik Group has acquired unique competence in this field.

    Refractory materials are essential for the production of cement, lime, ceramics, iron, steel, aluminium, and non-ferrous metals.
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    From raw materials to refractory products and up to complex refractory concepts – our successful basic research is based on in-depth knowledge of the relevant process technologies of the user industries as well as expertise in refractory technology and its widespread scientific foundations.

    Base on the comprehensive know-how of our research teams, and thanks to our advanced technical measuring equipment that meet all the demands of modern engineering, we are able to determine all relevant parameters and subject them to detailed individual analyses. Hereby, the latest chemical, mineralogical and microscopy techniques are applied together with elaborate methods using the most modern measuring instruments to determine refractoriness under load (differential), creep under pressure, hot modulus of rupture, and modulus of elasticity at high temperatures. For example, material properties are investigated at normal ambient temperatures as well as high temperatures. In this way, and based on scientific fundamentals, we develop solutions for today's and future requirements.

    In five own research and development centers in Göttingen, Bendorf, Melle, Calgary, and Zibo, we create individual products and concepts that are matched precisely to the requirements of the respective application.

    As the most innovative company in this field, our aim is to continue setting new standards for the future.

    Research and development milestones of the Refratechnik Group:

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    • 1960
      Tunnel kiln car systems.

      1962
      Development of the energy-saving lightweight ORYLEX refractory bricks as well as introduction of the high-alumina KRONEX® and REFRALUSIT® brick versions.

      1963
      ORYLEX patent applied for.

      1965
      Interlocking bricks, e.g. for the steelmaking industry.
    • 1967
      Development of the structurally flexible PERILEX® magnesia-chromite brick.

      1970
      Suspended roof systems.

      1974
      Lightweight Burton tunnel kiln car construction.

      1978
      Dry pressed U-cassettes.
    • 1979
      Development of the REFRATHERM® lightweight refractory brick.

      1980
      Dry pressed and ribbed U-cassettes.

      1982
      Introduction of the chrome-free ALMAG® magnesia-spinel brick.

      1984
      Introduction of the graphitic MACARBON® and ALUCARBON® magnesia and alumina types and viaduct bricks.
    • 1987
      Cast H-cassettes.

      1991
      Introduction of the MAGPURE® 93 magnesia-spinel brick.

      1992
      ALMAG® is the world's most successful magnesia-spinel brick. Introduction of dry pressed H-cassettes.

      1993
      Introduction of the MAGNUM® 95 magnesia-zirconium brick.
    • 1996
      Introduction of the highly flexible ALMAG® A1 magnesia-spinel brick.

      1998
      Introduction of the newly patented FERROMAG® 90 magnesia-hercynite brick type as well as the corrosion-resistant ALMAG® SLC magnesia-spinel brick.

      1998
      Start of SIC production.
    • 1999
      Introduction of the REFRAMAG® 85 magnesia-spinel brick.

      2000
      Introduction of the steel fiber reinforced MACARBON® and CARBOPLAST® bricks.

      2001
      First use of Refratechnik's latest high-grade, low-cement and REFRAJETCRETE® refractory concretes.
    • 2002
      Introduction of the basic TOPMAG® and ALMAG® AF bricks as solution for alkali-stressed rotary kilns.

      2003
      Introduction of KRONAL® alumina bricks as solution for alkali-stressed rotary kilns.

      2003
      BURCOLIGHT® for energy-saving kiln cars. The world's most modern H-cassette plant in Hungary.

    • 2004
      Commissioning of Yingkou Refratechnik Refractories with high-grade magnesia-spinel and magnesia-chromite bricks.

      2005
      Development of the superelastic TOPMAG® A1 magnesia-spinel brick.

      2006
      Introduction of the patented product FERROMAG® F1.

      2007
      Commissioning of Zibo Refratechnik Refractories with high-alumina and fireclay products for bricks and refractory concretes.
    • 2007
      Development of the patented, highly elastic REFRAFLEX® synthetic resin bonding for refractory bricks in the steelmaking industry.

      2008
      Development of the cement-free, heat-up insensitive NANOBOND refractory concrete technology.

      2008
      Patent application for the completely new FORMAG® 88 brick generation.

      2009
      Cast BURCOLIGHT® for H-cassettes.
    • 2010
      PERILEX® CF magnesia-spinel brick established as new market standard.

      2011
      REFRAMAG® TR leads to record-breaking service lives in Asia.

      2011
      Introduction of the CUPRUMAX® product range for the copper industry.

      2012
      Successful introduction of cement-free, heat-up insensitive refractory concretes from Refratechnik Cement.
    • 2013
      Development of the product PERILEX® CF with a unique combination of properties such as outstanding structural flexibility, thermoplasticity, and thermoelasticity. Introduction of firing frames for cassettes.

      2015
      Low-alpha technology: Further development of bricks used in equipment subjected to high thermal stress in the steelmaking industry.

      2015
      Development of a new concept with highly flexible and universal refractory bricks for the cement industry.
    • 2015
      CF-Family: ALMAG® CF, TOPMAG® CF, REFRAMAG® CF und PERILEX® CF.

      2015
      REFRATHERM® Eco alkali-resistant suspended roof.

      2016
      ES-SERIES: Successful market introduction of the energy saving concept.

      2018
      HYBRID: Optimized Sol-Gel Technology
    • 2019
      The PLUS Concept: Hydration protection of basic bricks

      2020
      PROLITE®: Outstanding insulation, sustainably produced
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