Welcome to DSF Refractories & Minerals Ltd

DSF Refractories and Minerals Ltd is an independent refractory manufacturer and processor of refractory minerals, based in the Peak District of Derbyshire, in the centre of England. The company is a leading producer of high alumina refractory bricks and blocks in standard sizes and special shapes, and has a complete range of products based on mullite, andalusite, chamotte, bauxite, spinel and pure alumina. Shapes are produced by both pressing and casting techniques, and products are high temperature fired to give optimum properties in service. DSF have recently opened a Chinese factory to produce cast blocks predominantly for the Glass industry.

DSF is the largest shaped refractory manufacturer in the UK, and is recognised as one of the world's leading suppliers of bonded refractories for the glass industry. We supply to other heat containment industries, including iron and steel, cement and other rotary kilns, carbon black producers as well as non-ferrous metals, incinerators, brick and ceramic kilns.

We process and supply refractory raw materials in a wide variety of grain sizes our customers include other refractory manufacturers and anti-skid road surfacing. Materials processed include Chinese, and Guyanan bauxite, chamotte, andalusite and flint clays. We also supply calcined alumina and fused minerals.


DSF is a world renowned supplier to the Glass industry, having extensive references with internationally recognised glassmakers for our products giving long campaigns in the float glass, container glass, fibre glass and other speciality glass industries.


DSF have a long history of supply of high alumina products for the steel and aluminium industries. DSF products are used in electric melting furnaces, steel and iron ladles and tundishes.

We also supply direct reduction kilns, aluminium holding furnaces, coke ovens and carbon bake furnaces.
High fired pure alumina and pure magnesia-alumina spinel materials are both used in carbon black reactors.

These are able to withstand the reducing conditions, thermal shock and very high temperatures associated with the process. They can be supplied in standard brick or complex shapes.

DSF products made to tight dimensional tolerances give excellent performance in rotary cement and lime kilns and preheaters, shaft lime kilns and multihearth calcination furnaces.

We also have products for other rotary kilns producing petroleum coke, activated carbon and calcining minerals.
Products are supplied to a wide variety of heat containment applications including incineration, Sulphur recovery, kiln construction and deck tiles, petrochemical burner blocks, hydrogen atmospheres, multihearth furnaces and many more.


A new company has been formed in China; DSF Refractories (Tianjin) Ltd, A wholly owned subsidiary of the UK company.

Production of refractories has now commenced, for supply to the local Chinese market and for export.



     

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DSF Refractories & Minerals Ltd. Friden, Newhaven, Nr. Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 0DX, England
Email info@dsf.co.uk - Telephone +44 (0) 1629 636271 - Fax +44 (0) 1629 636892