TFL Refractory Industry Glossary

Manufactured spun ceramic fiber, needed to provide handling strength for high-temperature insulation applications. 

The amount a specific shape is allowed to vary.

A special type of brick that can handle high temperatures. Often used to line fireplaces, fireboxes, furnaces, and kilns.

Refers to all unshaped refractory products.

An unfired and formable material that can be used for both original installations and patching.

Precast refractory shapes are pre-fired in our facilities so that they can be put to use right away on site in high-temperature applications.

A refractory product that cannot be pressed as a result of the shape dimension and or quantities of the product.

Refractory material is resistant to decomposition by heat, pressure, chemicals, and retains strength and form through extremely high temperatures.

A protective layer installed in the furnace to protect the structure from high temperatures.