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Programme - Fire-ECerS Summer School

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Tuesday, June 28th 

Refresher of basic knowledge

  • Raw materials
  • Shaped refractories
  • Monolithic refractories : LCC, ULCC, NCC

    
The Fundamentals : Corrosion and thermo-mechanics

  • Thermodynamic and kinetics
  • Reactive transportation
  • Fracture and creep


Exhibition Cerami°k

Poster session and video session

Banquet

Wednesday, June 29th

Industrial and economic needs

  • Refractory values in use
  • How to innovate ?

     
Future challenges for refractories

  • Sensors, instrumentation and refractory needs
  • Challenges for data mining and machine learning in the refractory industry and end-users
  • Circular economy


Refractories for Steel Making

  • Critical wear factors and optimum choice
  • Improvement of steel cleanliness


Departure to Ijmuiden

Thursday, June 30th

Refractories for Steel Making

  • The new face of the steel industry
  • Management and production of iron by H2 – consequences for refractories

Visit of Tata Steel Plant

Discussion, Brain Storming

End of the FIRE-ECERS School (16h30)

Latest news

2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 1st call!

In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 50th ICACC (International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites) that will be held from 25th to 30th January 2026 in Daytona Beach - Florida - United States!

Sep 24, 2025
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 30th November 2025!

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before mid-February 2026. Activities submitted for the deadline of 30th November 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before Mid-March 2026.

Sep 8, 2025

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