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Research & Development Centre of Ceramic Materials in Zakłady Magnezytowe “ROPCZYCE” S.A. - R&D/ZMR
Development of refractory materials for steel, nonferrous, cement and lime, glass industries
Director : Dr. Eng. Wiesław ZELIK
Email : Wieslaw.Zelik@ropczyce.com.pl
Phone : +48 722 398 359
Address : Zakłady Magnezytowe “ROPCZYCE” S.A. Research & Development Centre of Ceramic Materials 1 Przemysłowa St., 39-100 Boguchwała (Center) 15C Postępu St., 02-676 Warszawa (Office)
Website : www.ropczyce.com.pl
Research topics :
Zakłady Magnezytowe "ROPCZYCE" S.A. has almost 50 years of an experience of investigations of basic refractories. The Research and Development Center for Ceramic Materials task is: designing new constructional and material solutions for refractory products and modification of existing solutions, supervision over the installation of materials in thermal devices and technological supervision over the production of refractory materials. The Center has adequate research facilities to conduct the necessary physicochemical tests of refractory materials and components of thermal processes. Numerical calculations use thermochemical software (FactSage), CFD and MES calculation software (Comsol, Ansys, Fluent) and symbolic calculations (CAS). An important instrument in the development of new material solutions that meet quality requirements and ensure trouble-free operation of the thermal device is the analysis of "Post Mortem" and the modeling of work. As part of the Research and Development Center, research activities are conducted focused on:
- Magnesia-carbon shaped, non-fired refractory materials
- Magnesia and mag-spinel refractory for cement and lime industry
- Shaped and fired refractory for non-ferrous industry: including magnesia-chrome, alumina chrome as well as silicon carbide refractories
- Alumina-carbon refractories for steel industry
- Special refractories - made as complete, ready-to-use large-size high-processed complex elements containing different qualities of refractory materials and steel structural elements in their compositionExceptional facilities
- Unshaped refractory: Gunning mixes, mortars, ramming mixes, repair and maintenance mixes
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr. Eng. Wiesław ZELIK
Email: Wieslaw.Zelik@ropczyce.com.pl
Exceptional facilities :
- CS300 LECO analyser for carbon and sulphur determination;
- RUL / CIC421 NETZSCH apparatus for determination of creeping and refractoriness under load;
- Device for determination of vacuum porosity;
- HMOR422D / 3/414/3 NETZSCH apparatus for determination of the modulus of rupture;
- Gas-permeability test device;
- Device for testing of the corrosion resistance in a drum rotary kiln;
- Device for testing of the corrosion resistance in an induction furnace;
- The Mastersizer 2000 MALVERN device for measuring of the particle size distribution;
- Scanning electron microscope JEOL JSM--IIT500LA In-Touch-Scope™ equipped with integrated X-ray energy dispersion spectrometer (EDS) JEOL JED-2300, with Dry SD 60 detector EDS detector;
- A device for vapor deposition of thin conductive coal coatings for testing in SEM (with a thickness monitor) QUORUM 150 RE Plus Carbon Coater;
- X'Pert³ Powder X-ray diffractometer, together with phase analysis software (HighScore 4.5);
- Specialized device for testing refractory lining temperatures;
- Laboratory line for technological tests;
- Specialized software for simulating physical phenomena (ANSYS Fluent);
- Specialized software for simulating thermochemical phenomena (FactSage 6.4);
- Specialized software for designing structural elements (Solid Edge and AutoCAD + Inventor).
Financial support programmes :
- Regional Development Operational Programmes:
- The use of aggregates obtained from domestic alternative raw materials in refractory materials.
- Implementation of the innovative production technology of the RH connectors
- Establishment of the Research and Development Center
- Innovative technology for producing molds for refractory production
- Expansion of the Research and Development Center in Zakłady Magnezytowe "ROPCZYCE" S.A. - National funds:
- Zirconium refractory ceramics
- A new family of refractory bricks with minimal thermal expansion, resistant to the destructive effects of temperature gradient, corrosion under the action of liquid slag and reduction reaction on contact with coal and metals
- Innovative varieties of basic refractories with calcium zirconate
- Magnesia-chromite materials with increased resistance to thermal shock
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