Coke Oven Refractories and Ironmaking Products
From new battery construction to blast furnace relines, McKeown supplies coke oven refractories and ironmaking products specified to your drawings, your heating regime, and your repair schedule.
Coke Plant Refractories and Battery Components
Coke oven walls live with constant thermal cycling, carbon deposition, and mechanical load from pushing. We supply the full refractory package for new builds and rebuilds, and we help plan the bill of materials so shapes, quantities, and delivery sequence match the construction schedule.
Refractory Brick for New Batteries and Rebuilds
- Silica brick for coke oven walls and heating flues
- Fireclay and fused silica brick
- Alumina and insulating brick
- Mortars and castables matched to each brick quality
Coke Oven Apparatus and Machinery
Beyond brick, McKeown sources the iron and steel components that hold a battery together, including doors, jambs, buckstays, and charging-hole castings. Through a joint-venture engineering partner, we also supply turnkey pusher machines, coal charging cars, and coke guides designed with current process and environmental technology.
Blast Furnace and Hot Blast Stove Refractories
A blast furnace campaign is only as long as its weakest zone. We supply complete reline packages and zone-specific materials, from the hearth up through the stack, along with the stove refractories that keep hot blast temperatures stable.
Hearth and Bottom
Carbon block, carbon brick, and fireclay bottom block, selected for porosity, density, and alkali resistance.
Bosh and Stack
Regular and high-conductivity carbon, silicon carbide, carbon-bonded silicon carbide, and dense 60% and 90% alumina brick.
Hot Blast Stoves
Silica checkers, andalusite checkers, and high-duty and super-duty fireclay for stove walls, checkers, and domes.
Cooling and tuyere components complete the package: copper tuyeres and stave cooling panels, supplied alongside the refractories they protect.
Hot Metal Transport and Oven Wall Repair
Torpedo Ladle Refractories
Torpedo cars see impact at the mouth, slag attack at the metal line, and heavy thermal cycling on every trip. We specify lining materials by zone so the car stays in rotation longer between relines.
Coke Oven Ceramic Welding
Ceramic welding fuses repair material to hot oven walls at operating temperature, producing a more durable repair than generic gunning or patching. Repairs are available as a turnkey service, as equipment for your own crews, or as welding powder supply.
Ironmaking Projects Delivered
McKeown has supplied refractories and engineering for coke and iron projects across Africa, Mexico, Europe, and the United States. Representative work includes:
- 4,000 tons of fireclay and silica brick for a 6-meter coke oven battery in Africa
- 5,300 tons of fireclay and silica brick for a 4-meter coke oven battery
- Refractories for six complete hot blast stove relines totaling more than 11,000 tons. The first reline led to three repeat contracts.
- Engineered cool-down, supervised repair, and heat-up of a 50-oven, 6-meter coke battery, which then operated for 12 more years
Download the Coke & Iron Making Brochure
The brochure includes typical chemical and physical properties for stove, hearth, bosh, and stack refractories, so your engineering team can compare grades before a specification call. Typical properties are for reference; final specifications are confirmed for each order.
Planning a Reline or Battery Repair?
Send us your drawings, tonnage, and target outage window. We'll help you build the bill of materials and confirm what can ship when.