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REFRACTORIES ENGINEER


Contents General Secretary’s Report .....................2 President’s Column .................................3 Institute News


Institute of Refractories Engineers Conference 2019 - Advances in the use of Refractories in the Petrochemical Industry. Training Day 2019 -


Thermal Shock & Thermal Stresses .............4


58th Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Refractories Engineers ..............5


The Institute of Refractories Engineers Draft Accounts ..................................................6 Conference & Training Day Booking Form ..8 Company News .......................................9 Technical Papers


CO Resistance of Monolithic Refractories ..............................................18


Recent development in microsilica-gel bonded no-cement castable technology ...22


QuickShot Directory ..............................27 Buyers Guide .........................................28 Officers & Council ....................Back Cover


General Secretary’s Report Dear Members


For most of us in the UK, the holiday season is coming to the end and the nights are starting to draw in, were has the year gone? Time seems to fly past.


We are now in full swing preparing for the conference, training day and AGM. We published


the first draft of our accounts in the last journal, there were a few minor errors mainly due to incorrect codes on some of the costs, these have now been corrected, they do not change the final bottom line only where some of the cost have occurred, we have still lost £2167 in the year to Dec 18 although £1720 of this is what I call a virtual loss, it is a loss on converting Australian dollars to pounds, as we report our accounts in pounds we have to convert the value of the money held in Australia in Australian dollars to pounds and any difference in exchange rate used means there is a positive or negative compared to last year even though there could be the same number of dollars in the bank.


The big difference in accounts for 2018 compared to 2017 is the bad debts we had a company go out of business owing for a front cover and many members who did not pay their subs and as a result they have been removed from our membership list, and no longer receive the journal.


We have almost completed the preparations for the conference. This year we are at Aston Hall Hotel which is just off junction 31 of the M1, but it is a smaller hotel and therefore there are fewer rooms available so please book as soon as possible, I have rooms reserved but we will soon reach a point where we have to pay for them or let the hotel have them back.


The Institute of Refractories Engineers is dedicated to fostering the science, technology and skills of refractories engineering and to serving the needs of refractories engineers worldwide.


Aims: To raise the standard of ability and training in this field of science and technology. To promote and maintain the character, status and interest of members of the Institute. To disseminate information, facts, ideas, news or suggestions that may be of interest to members. To encourage the exchange of ideas and information among members to their benefit and to the benefit of the industries they serve.


The Institute is a non-profit making body and its entire income is applied solely to the promotion of these aims.


Our next council meeting is in October where we will be having a presentation by a marketing company following our recent survey, we are looking at how best to increase the Institutes profile and increase membership numbers, I think this will interesting.


If anyone has any ideas on this subject please put them on an email to me. This is a subject that is very important to us all.


Jayne Woodhead General Secretary & Treasurer Institute of Refractories Engineers


www.irengineers.co.uk www.ireng.org


2 September 2019 Issue


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