STRIP THE LINING. NOT THE SHELL.
Refractory demolition is the worst job on any shutdown when it's done by hand: crews on breakers inside a hot, dusty, confined shell, working around the clock while the whole outage waits on them. The exposure is brutal — heat, respirable silica, falling brick — and the schedule risk is worse.
We do it differently. Our remote-controlled Husqvarna DXR 305 demolition robot tracks through a standard doorway or furnace opening at just 780 mm wide, then goes to work with 27 kW of breaking power and a 5.2 m reach — stripping brick and monolithic lining down to the shell in a fraction of the time hand crews need. The operator stands outside the heat-affected zone, up to 300 m away, with nobody underneath falling refractory at any point.
Electric drive means zero exhaust fumes inside kilns, furnaces and vessels, and precise hydraulic control means the lining comes off without gouging the steel — the shell is handed over inspected and ready for the reline crew. It's the same remote-controlled discipline behind our confined space demolition work, applied to the hottest, dirtiest scope on your outage.
We plan around your shutdown, not the other way round — nights, weekends and continuous rosters are standard, with full SWMS, isolation compliance and permit-to-work integration under our broader complex demolition methodology. See what drives robotic demolition pricing, or send us your outage scope.