Refractory Engineering and Technical Support
Good refractory engineering starts with how your plant actually runs, not with a product sheet. McKeown's engineers study your equipment, process, and failure history, then turn that knowledge into customized refractory solutions you can specify and buy with confidence.
What Our Engineering Review Covers
Every review follows the same discipline: understand the conditions, identify the failure mechanism, and recommend a material and design change that addresses it.
- Application reviews covering temperatures, slag and melt chemistry, and cycles
- Lining design and zoning for vessels, ladles, kilns, and furnaces
- Refractory consumption and service-life analysis
- Feasibility studies for rebuilds, upgrades, and new installations
- Computer-aided design of light structures and components
Structural and Equipment Evaluation
Refractory problems often begin in the steel around them. We evaluate shells, buckstays, cooling elements, and support structures alongside the lining, so the recommendation fixes the cause instead of the symptom.
Project Engineering for Critical Outages
For shutdowns and start-ups, our engineers prepare written procedures, supervise the work on site, and design heat-up curves that protect a new lining during its first hours in service. This is where decades of hands-on industry experience matter most.
Get a Second Set of Engineering Eyes
Send us your drawings, operating data, and a description of the problem. We'll tell you what we see and what we'd change.