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Research and Development

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HASLE Refractories A/S

Tina Stendal Svendsen

Product Mananger

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HASLE Laboratory Facilities

Quality control ● Test and adjustments of existing products ● Test of raw materials ● Development of new products ● Handle complaints

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HASLE Technical Department

Installation drawings ● Design of precast solutions ● Advice on Construction

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Examination of our existing CVF-construction

Dynamic flow simulation of air velocity in the

cyclone and vortex finder, and predicted

pressure outside and inside the vortex finder

Innovation in Refractory Solutions

Issues for refractory producers:• Solving the problem• Improving processes• Understanding of the application• Identification of constraints

Essential dialog about experience; successes and failures

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workability properties performance life-time

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Essential interaction:

Refractory producer

End userInstallation company

• Effective production• Short shut down • Low costs

• Good workablity• Health and Safety• Flexibility• Low costs

• Material properties• Raw materials• Effective production

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Example of product development based on enquiries from customers

HASLE PU55A; A low-cement, pumpable castable, with excellent abrasion-, alkali- and slag-resistance

Request; Easy transport of castable from mixer to mould without reducing the quality and performance of the castable

Solution; An easy mixable low cement castable that can be pumped vertically and horisontally through hose or pipes without segregating

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PU55A

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PU55A

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PU55A

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PU55A

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Open innovation:HASLE

End userInstallation company

Research institutes/ Universities

Raw- material suppliers

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Recipes and raw materials

Installation methods and design

Analyses of vapour, slag and build-up

Post mortem analyses

Optimized refractory solution

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Post mortem analyses

Close collaboration with Aachen University, Institute of Mineral Engineering, Department of Ceramics and refractory Materials

Understanding the mineral and structural changes that occurs during the lifetime of a refractory lining, enables us to target and enhance the following product optimization

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Future R&D at HASLE

New castables:• Pumpable castables and shotcreting• High quality low cement gunning castables

Constantly improving our refractory solutions to withstand the challenges caused by:• A growing diversity of alternative fuels• Higher operation temperatures • Increased production efficiency and demand for reduced energy

costs• Shorter shut-down periods

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Summary• HASLE has its own laboratory to carry out quality control, analyses

and product development• HASLEs technical department can help you on design and

construction• HASLE continuosly analyse and improve existing solutions• Constructive dialog between refractory producer and users is

essential for successful innovation• HASLE has developed a pumpable castable requested by

customers• Knowledge comes from a wide range of sources• Analysing degradated material enables us to target optimization• In the future HASLE will focus even stronger on solving the

refractory challenges caused by alternative fuels

PLEASE JOIN THE DIALOGUE IN OUR FUTURE R&D