As the use of monolithic refractory products has increased and as these products have become more technically sophisticated, the requirement for properly controlled dryout has taken higher priority and is essential to maximizing the performance of these products in the applications for which they are designed. It is well recognized by refractory manufacturers and consumers alike, that it is not only the selection of the correct product for the application, but proper installation techniques combined with a properly executed initial dryout that ultimately results in a refractory lining that will give maximum performance throughout its campaign life.

Hotwork has successfully performed dryouts on over 200 Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Units, along with hundreds of other refractory lined vessels and units in Oil Refineries and Petrochemical facilities worldwide. Our crews of highly skilled and experienced technicians and portable combustion equipment are strategically located around the world to serve the needs of refractory consumers in the Hydrocarbon Processing Industries, with services such as Refractory Dryout, Vessel Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT), Coating Cures, Melt-out of Crude and other Viscous or Solid Materials, Process Heatups and Tube Heating for Process Steam or Steam Blows.

Hotwork has successfully completed dryouts on:

Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCU)
Fired Heaters
Sulfur Reaction Furnace
Acid Units
Hydrogen Reformers
Downstream Separators
Waste Heat Boilers
Package Boilers  Thermal Oxidizers

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