Improved Productivity

$High Performance Refractories$

High Performance Refractories

Improved Productivity

The Advantages of LO-MASS

Automation Flexibility
The LO-MASS^® system is pioneering the integration of kiln furniture and automation. Saint-Gobain engineers can design custom kiln systems for specific applications and automation needs.

Lower Firing Costs
LO-MASS system components require less energy to heat due to improved thermal properties. Higher strength allows for substantially lighter kiln furniture, thereby reducing energy consumption.

Better Product Quality
Superior thermal and mechanical properties mean higher yields and faster payback.

Longer Service Life
Saint-Gobain products have excellent oxidation resistance and retain shape and integrity over a longer life span.

Faster Firing Cycles
Thinner cross sections and excellent thermal properties allow for faster heating, faster cooling, more uniform heat distribution, and improved response to firing profiles.

Setting Flexibility
Unique LO-MASS components such as lug posts, stringers, engineered shoe supports and custom shapes improve setting flexibility and decrease setting time.

Traditional vs. Lo-Mass Systems

Market	Kiln Type	Method	Result
Technical	Gas	Replace CRYSTON^® kiln furniture with ADVANCER^® kiln furniture.	Improved product quality. Automated kiln setting. Reduced thermal mass.
Sanitaryware	Gas	Replace cordierite with SILIT^® SK beams and stringers, CRYSTON plates.	Return on investment after 9 months. Refractory mass reduced by 2100 kg/car Energy consumption reduced 33%.
Sanitaryware	Gas	Replace cordierite with SILIT SK beams and stringers, CRYSTON plates.	Return on investment after 10 months. Refractory mass reduced by 1750 kg/car Energy consumption reduced 27%.
Sanitaryware	Electric	Replace cordierite plates with CRYSTON plates	Return on investment after 184 cycles. Refractory mass reduced by 1100 kg/car
Refractories	Gas	Replace SiC beams with HEXOLOY^® beams.	Capacity increased by more than 20%. Life of beams
Sanitaryware	Oil	Replace cordierite with SILIT SK and CRYSTON kiln furniture.	Return on investment after 330 cycles. Refractory mass reduced by 500 kg/car Firing profile reduced by 16 hours.