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Resco monolithic refractories are specified and installed in a wide variety of different high temperature applications.
Those general industries that rely on Resco monolithic refractories include oil refineries and petrochemical plants, Portland
cement manufacturers, lime producers, paper mills, coal-fired boilers and circulating fluidized bed boilers for power generation,
chemical waste and other types of incinerators, construction brick and block manufacturers. Resco monolithic refractories are
also available in a variety of different types: plastics, vibration castables, pumpable and shotcrete products, gun mixes,
insulating castables, ramming mixes and mortars which are provided in fireclay, high alumina, basic, silicon carbide and fused
silica types.
In combination with extensive brick capability, Resco is well positioned as a full-line refractory supplier.
Hydrocarbon Processing
The conditions inside the vessels and reactors of a modern oil refinery are very severe against refractories. Monolithic
refractories must withstand severe abrasion due to alumina catalyst, carbon monoxide exposure, carbon penetration and thermal
shock for long periods of time if they are to be specified for the next maintenance turnaround in a refinery. Resco monolithic
refractories have a long history of superior performance under these conditions. Resco monolithic refractories are specified
and installed by major oil companies and engineering companies worldwide because they are consistent, they are reliable and they
perform. Resco supplies abrasion resistant lightweight and medium weight castables, shotcrete and gun mixes. Resco has built
its worldwide reputation on products like AA-22S and Rescocast 17EC. AA-22S is the standard for abrasion resistant linings in
cyclones. Rescocast 17EC is the most widely specified abrasion resistant castable in the industry. Resco conducts extensive
product development on monolithic refractories for oil refineries and petrochemical plants to insure that state-of-the-art
monolithic refractories are available to our customers. A current example is our R-Max family of abrasion resistant, ultra-high
strength monolithics.
Block and Brick Manufacturers
Resco is a full line supplier of refractories to this market. To complement our product line of fired, extruded car top shapes,
Resco offers manufacturers of brick and block a full product line of lightweight and dense castables. Our KC MIX is a widely
used, 60 pcf density, lightweight castable for kiln cars. Resco also supplies a wide range of refractory mortars, from fireclay
to 80% alumina, to these customers.
Cement, Lime, Paper
Resco is a leading supplier of monolithic refractories to rotary kiln operators including Portland cement manufacturers, lime
producers and paper mills. Resco's high alumina gun mixes, castables and shotcrete products are installed in many preheat
towers, nose rings, chain sections, clinker coolers, firing hoods and feed end housings. Many cement and lime producers have
benefitted from reduced downtime by installing Resco's QUIKTURN products, a family of monolithic refractories that can be
rapidly heated soon after installation.
Power Generation
Resco's monolithic products are installed in many different types of boilers used for power generation. These types of boilers
are wood-fired and coal-fired boilers, including cyclone boilers, and circulating fluidized bed boilers, or CFB's. The type of
monolithic refractories used are varied and include silicon carbide gun mixes, castables and plastics for high thermal
conductivity and resistance to coal slag, fireclay gun mixes for ash hoppers, high alumina plastics for general maintenance,
high alumina brick for CFB's cyclones plus insulating gun mixes, castables and shotcrete products to minimize heat loss.
Fire-clay based plastics are installed in smaller capacity steam boilers. Resco can supply most of the refractory types used
in both large and small scale boilers.
Incinerators
Along with Resco's high alumina brick products, Resco's monolithic products such as high alumina plastics, are installed in
many types of incinerators including the highly corrosive, high temperature environment of chemical waste incinerators.
Environments in incinerators vary with the types of materials or waste being incinerated. Resco provides technical support to
assist incinerator operators in choosing the best refractory products for their particular application conditions.
Glass
Resco manufactures a variety of products and shapes for glass regenerator and checker applications. These products are
primarily for the working lining of the regenerators and include basic and andalusite products. Similar products are supplied
for checker settings where we offer standard series brick as well as the HPC and Interweave modular design blocks. Resco also
supplies products for use in other glass industry applications. These include high alumina and chrome alumina brick, mortars
and a full line of castables.
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