R&I is a leading supplier of precast refractory shapes to the United States, pouring over 6 million pounds annually. R&I has the engineering support to design and make any precast shape and ensure the physical and thermal properties meet the customer’s needs. R&I provides precast shapes to all industries using refractories.
If you are pouring, ramming, packing or vibrating your own refractories, you could be doing it better. R&I Precast shapes offer the optimal refractory manufactured to the optimal specs in the ideal environment. We can improve your refractory life and save you money.
If you are interested in a longer lasting, safer, and more economical refractory please contact R&I about precast shapes.
Steel
R&I can design and make any shape needed for a steel foundry. Whether looking to improve furnace life or decrease installation time, R&I precast shapes will improve your efficiency. EAF roofs, runner spouts and precast ladles are just a few of the shapes R&I provides to steel foundries.
Iron
Regardless of your furnace; coreless, arc, channel, etc. R&I can engineer any shape for the iron industry. Whether looking to improve furnace life or decrease installation time, R&I precast shapes will improve your efficiency. Ladles, ladle bottoms, coreless tops, coreless bottoms and more.
R&I has more than tripled the life of refractories in iron foundries. If you are interested in improving your life, please contact R&I.
Aluminum
R&I manufactures quality precast shapes for aluminum that can help improve refractory life. R&I is able to engineer linings that maximize refractory life and provide desired thermal results and freeze planes.
Many aluminum shops stick to a schedule dictated by their refractory life- let R&I change that. We can install the right refractory to meet your schedule.
Our precast shapes and Mono-MaxTM doors can increase the life of your furnaces while decreasing your cost per pound.
If you are interested in maximizing your cost per pound of aluminum, please contact R&I.
Non-Ferrous
R&I manufactures shapes specifically for non-ferrous production. Furnace linings, ladles etc can all be made into precast shapes to decrease installation time and improve refractory lining.
R&I has extensive experience improving lining life and improving overall production in non-ferrous applications.
If you are interested in improved refractory life in non-ferrous applications, please contact R&I.
Industrial
R&I manufactures any and all shapes for the industrial industry. Our shapes do not need to be dried out and eliminate the risk of explosion.
R&I can manufacture any size or shape for your application and can supply the best refractory for any environment. Form burner blocks to nose rings, R&I makes them all.
If you have an industrial precast shape need, please contact R&I.
We stopped bricking our ladles- we now send them to R&I to be knocked out, relined, and dried out. We have seen a major increase refractory life and no longer have guys working overtime to brick the ladles.