Category Archives: Technical articles
Technical articles on foundry and aluminium recycling plants, industrial furnaces, refractory products and everything related to the industrial heat sector.
Alternatives to natural gas combustion systems
The transition towards industrial processes with a lower carbon footprint requires exploring technologies capable of [...]
Dec
Advantages of the 1600ºc polycrystalline fiber
Minimal shrinkage, low level of internal nodules, low thermal conductivity, low heat storage... : advantages [...]
Oct
Processing technologies for aluminum dross: methods, challenges and innovations
Main technological pathways for processing aluminum dross, highlighting their operating principles, pros and cons, and [...]
Sep
Why Recycle Aluminum Dross? Unlocking Environmental and Economic Value
We explore the key reasons why aluminum dross should be recycled—and why more companies are [...]
Jul
Summer Heat & Refractory Concrete: Watch Out for Quick Setting!
As temperatures rise during summer, refractory concretes can exhibit significant changes in setting behavior.
Jul
What is Aluminum Dross? Understanding a Critical Byproduct in the Recycling Chain
Formation, classification, and composition of aluminum dross: laying the groundwork for understanding its value and [...]
Jul
Key Tips for Effective Refractory Lining Maintenance in Industrial Furnaces Without a Summer Shutdown
When a summer shutdown is not planned, preventive and corrective maintenance without full stoppage becomes [...]
Jun
MAPATCH: Efficient Sacrificial Mass for Steel Ladles
At INSERTEC, we continue to develop refractory solutions that enhance plant efficiency while ensuring high [...]
Jun
Aluminium dross recycling: overview and key technical challenges
This article kicks off a technical series focused on aluminium dross recycling, covering its generation, [...]
Jun
SOLGEL castables
INSERTEC presents a new generation of refractory solutions for many applications: SOLGEL castables.
Apr
Sintering: a critical art in the lining of industrial furnaces
This week we completed the sintering process of a 20-tonne induction furnace in Saudi Arabia, [...]
Jan
Insetag: Refractory solutions for induction furnaces
Insetag family has been developed at the same time as our customers changed their production [...]
Sep
Drying, an indispensable process for linings with castables
Drying is an indispensable process after the use of concretes that are mixed with liquids, [...]
Aug
Comparative Regenerative vs Oxi-Gas Burners
Working process, energy consumption, complexity, maintenance...: we analyse and compare two of the most interesting [...]
May