Vesuvius Advanced Refractories

Vesuvius Advanced Refractories
Australia
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Vesuvius at a Glance
Vesuvius is a world leader in the design, engineering, manufacturing and delivery of refractory offerings, systems and services for high-technology industrial
applications.
• Refractory solutions for high-temperature, heavy-duty industrial applications and non-ferrous industries
• Refractories and systems used to control, regulate and protect the flow of steel in the continuous casting process
• Refractories for the foundry industry, such as crucibles, filters, stoppers and dedicated linings
• Fused-silica refractories for the manufacture of flat glass and melting of polycrystalline silicon
Vesuvius is present in 40 countries, with 70 manufacturing plants, 130 sales offices, 6 research laboratories and 14 development & service centres, together
employing over 13,000 people. Our local product development and engineering team is able to design tailored solutions to our customers’ specific
refractory needs, drawing where necessary on Vesuvius global resources.
Vesuvius Advanced Refractories Division
Vesuvius Advanced Refractories Division supplies refractory solutions to a wide range of industries and applications, focusing our resources to provide real
solutions for specific metallurgical and industrial processing sectors, including:
• Alumina
• Aluminium
• Cement & Lime
• Ceramics
• Chemical Processing
• Ferro Alloys
• Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Foundries
• Hydrocarbon Processing
• Incineration
• Iron
• Minerals & Pigment Processing
• Power Generation
• Steel
• Waste-to-Energy
Solutions that create Value
We provide our customers with products that are on the critical path of their process and can dramatically influence their performance.
• Enhancing Quality
• Improving Productivity
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• Granting Safety
• Reducing Energy Consumption
• Minimising CO2 Impact
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Vesuvius’ Offering
Audit / Analysis
Customer Achieves:
Design
Engineered Refractories
Installation Services
Post Audit Measurement
Increased
Reliability
Best
Value
Increased
Productivity
Improved
Product
Quality
Improved
Safety
Vesuvius Australia
From our factory and office in Wollongong Australia, Vesuvius proudly manufactures a full range of alumino-silicate monolithics and precast shapes.
We are committed to protecting the environment, along with the health and safety of all our employees and those we do business with.
Our customer service focus is to be the most versatile refractory company, with an ability to respond quickly to customer requirements. Quality for us
is not a certificate on a wall, but a work ethic shared by all within Vesuvius. Vesuvius Australia has been accredited to ISO9001 since 1989 and our
refractory products are approved by all major users worldwide, conforming to the highest global standards.
Our locally produced range includes:
• Precast shapes designed and manufactured to suit customer needs
• Latest generation low moisture, fast firing gun mixes (Surgun*)
• Latest generation low cement, fast firing castables (Surcast™)
• Shotcretes (SUR SHOT*)
• Self flowing castables (Duraflo*)
• Conventional and low cement castables (Cercast™ and Criterion*)
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• Insulating castables and gunning mixes (LITE WATE* and Tuflite™)
• Plastic refractories and ramming mass (Ramtite* and Ramlox*)
• Wet and dry mortar (Tufset™)
• Taphole clay (SUR-TAP™)
• Materials for specific applications, including molten metal contact, alkali
acid or slag attack, high thermal shock, and high abrasion areas.
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HEADQUARTERS
Vesuvius Group S.A.
Mechelsesteenweg 455/1,
1950 Kraainem, Belgium
Phone: + 32 2 766 01 30
Fax:
+ 32 2 767 13 51
Australia
VESUVIUS AUSTRALIA PTY Limited
Lot 2 Sturdee Avenue
P.O. Box 92
Bulli, NSW 2516 Australia
Phone: + 61 2 4268 1188
Fax:
+ 61 2 4268 1150
This brochure is not a warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. Any warranty of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose is
expressly disclaimed. Users expressly assume all risks and liabilities arising from the use of or reliance upon the information contained herein.
*Trademarks of Vesuvius registered in certain countries
© VESUVIUS 2012
All rights reserved.
www.vesuvius.com
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