WHAT IF WE DID NOT HAVE TO DRY TROUGH AND RUNNERS CASTABLES ANYMORE?
The constant increase in demand has imposed to the steel industry an intense search for high productivity. Following this trend, the use of monolithic refractories is growing significantly, allowing shorter installation times and consequently…
GRAPHENE-LIKE STRUCTURED TAP HOLE CLAY FOR STABLE BLAST- FURNACE DRAINAGE AND LOWER CO2 EMISSIONS
A stable blast-furnace operation is strongly associated with the performance of tap hole clay, which is usually damaged by the combined effect of slag corrosion and pig iron erosion. As such scenario has recently become more challenging due to the…
SELF-HEALING MICROSTRUCTURE: THE UTMOST REFRACTORY TOUGHNESS MECHANISM
Refractories are often exposed to thermal variations during their operational cycle, such as in torpedo cars and iron ladles, where molten metal is loaded and unloaded at a high frequency basis. Dealing with that aggressive thermal shock is not…