The Resistant Materials Services Group (RMS Group) was formed in 1989 and was initially involved in the marketing of silicon carbide products. The RMS Group has matured and grown considerably since then and now manufactures and distributes a wide range of products into a variety of different industries. The RMS Group also offers a number of related functions to it’s customers. We endeavour below to provide an overview of the entities within the RMS Group and the industries and customers served.
The RMS Group comprises of the following entities:
- Refractory Division
- Foundry Division
- Durrans RMS
- Thermal Fabricators
Refractory Division
The range of high temperature insulation and allied products (manufactured by the
globally recognised Thermal Ceramics Group) and services offered is:
- Ceramic Fibre products (blanket, vacuum-formed shapes, glass textiles,
ceramic fibre textiles and all other associated ceramic fibre products)
- Insulation Fire Bricks
- Crucibles
- Silicon Carbide Advanced Refractories
- Silicon Carbide Elements
- Design and installation of high temperature insulation for application in
kilns, frnaces, ovens and the like.
Foundry Division
The Foundry Division supplies a wide spectrum of products and services into the metallurgical industries of the territories served. These products and services may be summarised thus:
- Exothermic and insulating feeding aids
- Hot box cores
- Monolithic castable and ramming refractory products
- Degassers and fluxes for non-ferrous metal industries
- Wide range of foundry consumables
The RMS Group has agreements in place for some of the above with the Elkem Group (France), Capital Refractories (United Kingdom) and Schaffer (Germany).
Durrans RMS
Durrans RMS is a joint venture business between James Durrans and Sons (United
Kingdom) and Resistant Materials Services. This company manufactures
and distributes mould paints and refractory parting mediums that are both water and
spirit based.
Additionally Durrans RMS distributes carbon products such as speciality anthracite
powders, coal dusts, petroleum coke, metallurgical coke and recarburisers.
Thermal Fabricators
Thermal Fabricators (also commonly known as THERMOFAB) manufactures a
range of high temperature products such as expansion joints, bellows, compensators
and other fabricated coated textile products.
