Glossary
Refractory Repairer Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential refractory repairer terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key refractory repairer vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in refractory repairer training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Anchor
- Holds refractory in place.
- Castable
- Pourable refractory.
- Ceramic fiber
- Insulating blanket.
- Confined space
- Tight enclosed area.
- Cure
- Slowly heat to set.
- Dry-out
- Removing moisture.
- Expansion joint
- Gap allowing growth.
- Firebrick
- Heat-resistant brick.
- Gunning
- Spraying refractory.
- Kiln
- Industrial oven.
- Ladle
- Container for molten metal.
- Mortar
- Bonds brick.
- Refractory
- Heat-resistant material.
- Shutdown
- Planned outage.
- Spalling
- Cracking and flaking.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Refractory Repairer practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Refractory Repairer training.
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