The development of new application processes and the emphases on exceptional technical properties of calcium aluminate as a high performance binder and mineral reagent in a broad array of industries has been the mission of Kerneos for over one century.
Kerneos has structured its business around its different markets, with specialized sales, technical and marketing networks spanning the entire globe. The continued presence in its familiar markets and continuous investments in R&D, along with industrial know-how and processes has strengthened the ability of Kerneos to forecast the needs of its customers.
Thanks to continuous developments in materials and formula technology, calcium aluminate is increasingly used in new high tech applications. Not only are the fundamental properties valued, such as heat resistance and corrosion resistance or their rapid onset mechanical resistance. Their capacity to find new materials also offers increased simplicity in concrete placing, more reliability and higher performance. In order to accompany their customers along this ever changing path, Kerneos is committed to forging a long-term relationship with them. Over the years, this strategy has contributed to developing a range of products and services which respond to the needs of their customers in their respective industries.
Kerneos is present in the following markets:
Refractory applications
Resistance to heat and to thermal shocks makes calcium aluminate a fundamental component of refractory applications. Kerneos provides a complete line of SECAR® cements and binders which provide monolithic refractory concrete formulations with a tool for raising performance levels, along with reliability and the increased yield for their own products.
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Building chemistry applications
Over the last two decades, the needs of the construction industry have constantly been evolving towards materials which are more reliable, easier to handle, with great performance and attention to aesthetics. Aluminous cements play a major role in the development of these new products. Indeed, the ability to control setting and hardening time, rapid drying, compensation for shrinkage as well as a flexible choice of colours are all benefits made possible by calcium aluminate, which respond best to modern technical specifications for the most diverse applications in the building chemistry industries. The numerous properties of calcium aluminates have made it into a reference technology for dry mix mortars. Their ability to combine with other mineral or organic components and the ongoing development of mixing technology has favoured the development of today’s innovative materials, featuring high performance and simplicity.
The TERNAL® range for dry mix mortars, is especially suited for floor self levelling, tile laying, concrete repairs, walls and renders and finishing…with PERAMIN® completing this product line, Kerneos has become a reference in the building chemistry applications.
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Technical concrete applications
_ Calcium aluminate concretes have been recognized for centuries for their intrinsically long lives (especially in areas of abrasion, heat and corrosion) and rapid hardening, which allows for a very rapid completion and turnover of work. These properties and the user benefits which they provide have significantly contributed to reducing construction costs in surface applications, repair and maintenance work, thereby aligning with key trends in the various construction industries (simple placing, robust performance, rapid turnaround, increased durability, aesthetics, environmental protection, reduction of noise pollution for neighbours or public service users).
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Merchants
CIMENT FONDU® has been a companion to craftsmen for 100 years…with simple and practical solutions, CIMENT FONDU® is the essential partner for masonry, refuse collection and Public Works professionals seeking convenient setting time, gaining time on a hardening slab or else being able to work in cold weather.
CIMENT FONDU® is commonly used on all types of worksites, from new work to renovation, public works projects to skilled construction crafts. It offers simple and efficient solutions for all emergency work, as well as at difficult sites where the ordinary performance offered by Portland cements is not sufficient.
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Mining
Mining is a very demanding sector where the requirements of productivity and profitability are constantly threatened by the nature of the terrain. The rapid use and durability of concrete in an extreme environment are determining factors to a greater extent more than anywhere else.
With their specific properties, the aluminous cements and derived products offered by Kerneos achieve exceptional performance levels which are often indispensible to mining operations.
Thanks to calcium aluminate cement and concrete, and especially CIMENT FONDU®, mining engineers throughout the world have thus been able to find cost effective solutions to a wide array of delicate challenges where the ordinary performance offered by Portland cements is no longer sufficient.
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Pipes and Wastewater
The durability of sewage systems is a key economic factor for the owners and administrators of sewage systems. Long known for their durability in acid and abrasive environments, calcium aluminate concrete and mortar are also considered to offer high performance for protecting sanitation networks due to their exceptional resistance to biogenic corrosion. For more than fifty years they have been used for a wide range of applications: For protecting ductile metal, steel or concrete ducts in waste water systems, or in new construction or renovations of sewage systems (drains, treatment plants, pumping stations, collectors, etc.).
Inventor of the first industrial calcium aluminate product, CIMENT FONDU® in 1908, Kerneos also offers the binder CALCOAT® which is intended for sewage applications, as well as the ready-to-use mortar SEWPERCOAT®, used for protecting new constructions or for the sustainable renovation of infrastructure damaged by biogenic agents.
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Metallurgical flux
Based on its technical know-how and the physical and chemical properties of calcium aluminate, Kerneos has created and developed their application in metallurgical flux marketed under the brand names LDSF® and OPTIMET™. Particularly suited for secondary metallurgic processes, but also for continuous casting and refining, the calcium aluminate-based synthetic flux have been a reference product for 25 years for many steelmakers producing all kinds of steels using all types of metallurgical equipment.
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