Our Services
Delivering high-quality imports from Europe and China to South Africa’s mining and steel industries with unwavering integrity and on-time excellence.
Installations of all monolithic linings
- Casting (kilns, tundishes, boilers, ladles, cyclones, fluid/ transfer lines, furnaces and torpedoes)
- Guniting (reheat furnaces, kilns, hoppers, bankers)
- Bricklaying (kiln relines, casting ladles, furnaces, boilers and etc)
- Ramming/ plastic refractories (Marine boilers, furnaces, boilers and etc)
- Sliding plate changing
Maintenance
Ikhutse Trading offers maintenance to all refractory linings and equipment in various industries.
Inspections on new and existing linings in all levels of refractories
The following services are provided by an inspector
- Terminology, job specifications, application standards
- Lining design and installation requirements
- Inspection and data collection procedures
- Visual and non destructive test method and qualification test methods
- Application/limitation for various inspection techniques (e.g hammer testing, sonic testing, radiography, core sampling, portable abrasion testing
- Material verification and traceability
- Acceptance and rejection criteria
- Repair procedures
- Curing and dry out procedures
- Record keeping systems and requirements
The aforementioned services are offered across various industries and companies, spanning from smelters, refineries, cement factories, foundries, power plants, steel plants, crematoriums, to marines. These services are executed with excellence thanks to our skilled installation team led by our experienced technical director, Thabo Tsiane. With years of expertise in all facets of refractories, Thabo not only brings artisanal prowess but also holds qualifications as an inspector with API 936 (American Petroleum Institute) certification.