ICAR is a private expert company which brings benefits to its clients of a complete offer of services on refractories. The company was created in
2004, with the merging of 2 technical centers which experience is more than 30 years serving every actors producing or using refractories:
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suppliers,
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steelmaking industry,
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non ferrous metal industry,
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cement industry,
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glass industry,
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energy and incineration,
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petrochemistry.
The technical staff of ICAR is composed of 15 persons, laboratory technicians, engineers, and PhD, with skills in various fields: process engineering,
material science, mechanics, …
ICAR proposes 5 products to its clients:
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Trials and characterization through a large laboratory : mechanical testing, chemical and microstructural investigations, thermal characterization and
corrosion (gases, slag, glass, alkaline, …)
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R&D studies through consortium projects, and private demands. R&D engineers are also specialist in finite elements modeling.
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Expertise in the frame of furnace breakdown in relation to refractory behavior,
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Industrial audits: the customer who needs to renew the refractory lining asks for technical assistance to build the requirements, to examine the technical
offer from installation companies, and to supervise the operations.
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Training sessions:
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(i) the refractory materials,
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(ii) installation of refractories,
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(iii) behavior in service and recycling of refractory material