the present invention the process for installing ceramic tiles on the surface of substrate is as follows first existing refractory and hexmetal mesh on the substrate 302 if any should be removed following that lower tile part 520 should be welded to the substrate 302 using plug weld 595 which is provided through the center plug welding orifice 530 to substrate 302 welding can be limited to the plug area provided 530 or can extend along one or more chamfered edges 560 if desired next the upper tile part 510 is placed over lower tile part 520 with locking recesses 550 centered over the locking tabs 540 or the lower tile part 520 next a force is applied on the wear face upper portion of upper tile part 510 until it engages with lower tile part 520 in connection with the placement of tiles male protrusions 565 should be aligned with and interlocked with female receptacles 570 to provide additional stability the process is then repeated for each tile until the application area is covered as desired 0045 fig5 f shows the preferred orientation of tiles according to the second embodiment arrows indicate the orientation of male protrusions 565 due to the relatively small size of the tiles in the embodiments of the present invention the resulting lining will fit to a wide range of curved to flat surfaces while providing.