Advantages
Detrick’s designs utilize pre-fired brick to give them a complete ceramic bond throughout the entire working lining. This eliminates any possibility of the lining cracking, due to inaccurate mixing with the castable. Castable relies heavily on the installation procedures in determining its mechanical properties. Pre-fired brick maintain higher and more consistent properties than castable. Including density, strength and thermal characteristics. Brick linings can be heated up faster than castable linings since they have been pre-fired; this reduces heat-up costs and increases operating time.
Also, there is no need to make any construction joints for expansion after a Detrick lining is installed. All of the horizontal and vertical expansion is designed and built into the Detrick systems from the start of the project. Brick linings can be installed faster, due to the lack of labor intense forming that is needed for a castable lining. Brick linings generally last longer than castable and can accept more abusive operating environments.
