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Products — Metallurgical industry

Refractories for steelmaking and metallurgy

Converters, electric arc furnaces, ladles, tundishes and reheating furnaces — carbon-bonded brick, corundum and spinel castables, dry ramming mixes and tundish coatings engineered for slag attack, thermal shock and long campaign life.

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Metallurgical product families
1790 °C
Maximum refractoriness
100k t
Annual production capacity
1979
Making refractories since

Product catalogue

Grades & technical data

Corundum-mullite refractory castable

Castables

Corundum-mullite refractory castable

High-purity corundum and mullite aggregates for ladle covers, furnace roofs and burner blocks operating up to 1650 °C.

ModelRTSA-C-94RTSA-CM-88RTSA-CM-80RTSA-CM-72
Maximum service temperature (°C)1650160016001550
Al2O3 (%) ≥94888072
SiO2 (%) ≤0.561525
Fe2O3 (%) ≤0.30.50.81
Bulk density (g/cm³) ≥3.12.92.72.5
Compressive strength (MPa) ≥90807060
Linear change after firing (%) ≤-0.3-0.3-0.4-0.5
High alumina refractory castable

Castables

High alumina refractory castable

General-purpose dense high-alumina castable for launders, furnace doors and transition linings up to 1600 °C.

ModelRTSA-16RTSA-16K
Maximum service temperature (°C)15001600
Al2O3 (%)≤72≤82
SiO2 (%)≥20≥15
Bulk density 110 °C×24h (g/cm³)≥2.55≥2.85
Flexural strength 110 °C×24h (MPa)≥10≥12
Flexural strength 1100 °C×3h (MPa)≥12≥12
Compressive strength 110 °C×24h (MPa)≥80≥120
Compressive strength 1100 °C×3h (MPa)≥110≥140
Linear change 1100 °C×3h (%)-0.1 ~ -0.3-0.1 ~ -0.3
Reference water for construction (%)6~76~7
High alumina brick

Shaped bricks

High alumina brick

Fired high-alumina brick in 55, 65 and 75 % Al2O3 grades for hot blast stoves, soaking pits and heating furnaces.

ModelRT-LZ-75RT-LZ-65RT-LZ-55
Al2O3 (%)756555
SiO2 (%)183035
Apparent porosity (%)232322
Compressive strength (MPa)555045
Maximum service temperature (°C)150014701450
Refractoriness (°C)179017901770
Magnesium aluminium castable

Castables

Magnesium aluminium castable

Spinel-bonded MgO–Al2O3 castable with excellent slag resistance for steel ladle working linings and permanent layers.

ModelAm80Am70
Al2O3 (%) ≥8070
MgO (%) ≥812
Bulk density 110 °C×24h (g/cm³) ≥2.92.9
Bulk density 1500 °C×3h (g/cm³) ≥2.82.8
Compressive strength 110 °C×24h (MPa) ≥4545
Compressive strength 1500 °C×3h (MPa) ≥6060
Linear change 110 °C×24h (%)0 ~ -0.10 ~ -0.1
Linear change 1500 °C×3h (%)0 ~ +0.10 ~ +0.1
Hot flexural strength 1400 °C×30min (MPa) ≥98
Magnesia-carbon brick

Shaped bricks

Magnesia-carbon brick

Resin-bonded MgO–C brick in 10, 14 and 18 % carbon grades for BOF converters, EAF hot spots and ladle slag lines.

ModelMT-10AMT-10BMT-10CMT-14AMT-14BMT-14CMT-18AMT-18BMT-18C
MgO (%) ≥807977767472727069
C (%) ≥101010141414181818
Apparent porosity (%) ≤4.564563455
Bulk density (g/cm³) ≥3.022.932.922.952.902.872.892.842.79
Compressive strength (MPa) ≥404035403535353030
Self-flowing corundum castable

Castables

Self-flowing corundum castable

Low-cement, self-flowing corundum castable with >90 % Al2O3 for precast shapes, purging plugs and ladle bottoms.

ModelValue
Al2O3 (%)≥90
CaO (%)≤0.5
Bulk density (g/cm³) ≥3.0
Compressive strength 110 °C×2h (MPa)40
Compressive strength 1000 °C×3h (MPa)55
Compressive strength 1500 °C×3h (MPa)130
Linear change 1000 °C×3h (%)0 ~ -0.1
Linear change 1500 °C×3h (%)0 ~ -0.2
Refractoriness (°C)>1750
Aluminium-magnesium-carbon brick

Shaped bricks

Aluminium-magnesium-carbon brick

Al2O3–MgO–C brick with in-situ spinel formation for ladle barrel and bottom linings; high load softening temperature.

ModelLMT-76LMT-74LMT-72
Al2O3 + MgO (%)767472
MgO (%) ≥141210
C (%) ≥887
Apparent porosity (%) ≤8910
Bulk density (g/cm³) ≥2.902.852.80
Compressive strength (MPa) ≥554540
Hot flexural strength 1400 °C×30min (MPa) ≥665
0.2 MPa refractoriness under load (°C) ≥167016301600
Outlet pipe brick, sleeve brick, end brick & seat brick

Shaped bricks

Outlet pipe brick, sleeve brick, end brick & seat brick

Magnesia-carbon functional shapes for converter tap holes and ladle nozzle seats, machined to drawing.

ModelABC
MgO (%) ≥787674
C (%) ≥101214
Apparent porosity (%) ≤544
Bulk density (g/cm³) ≥3.073.053.07
Room-temperature compressive strength (MPa) ≥424240
Hot flexural strength 1400 °C×30min (MPa) ≥121210
Dry bottom ramming material

Monolithics & linings

Dry bottom ramming material

Magnesia-based dry vibrating mix for electric arc furnace and induction furnace bottoms; fast installation, no drying time.

ModelValue
MgO (%)≥82
CaO (%)7–9 (6–9)
Fe2O3 (%)5–7 (5–9)
SiO2 (%)≤1.5
Compressive strength after firing 1300 °C×3h (MPa)≤10
Compressive strength after firing 1600 °C×3h (MPa)≤25
Linear shrinkage 1300 °C×3h (%)-0.5
Linear shrinkage 1600 °C×3h (%)-0.3
Particle bulk density 2–5 mm (g/cm³)≥3.25
Grain size range (mm)0–5
Tundish coating

Monolithics & linings

Tundish coating

Magnesia–chrome spray/gunning coating for continuous casting tundish working linings; easy deskulling and clean steel.

ModelValue
MgO (%)≥85
Cr2O3 (%)≥8
CaO (%)≤5
Bulk density 110 °C×24h (g/cm³)≤2.0
Bulk density 1500 °C×3h (g/cm³)≤1.8
Flexural strength 110 °C×24h (MPa)≥1.8
Flexural strength 1500 °C×3h (MPa)≥2.05
Linear change 110 °C×24h (%)≤-0.4
Linear change 1500 °C×3h (%)≤-0.4
Heavy asbestos board

Monolithics & linings

Heavy asbestos board

Heavy-duty insulating board used as a compressible expansion and back-up layer behind furnace and ladle linings.

Technical data sheet available on request.

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