EP0043670A1 - Metal casting and lined ladles therefor - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to the lining of metallurgical ladles of the type used in foundries to supply molten metal to, for example, a casting mould and especially to means for reducing the content of inclusions in molten metal emerging from such ladles and for reducing the need for preheating of the ladles.
- ladles are of generally bucket form, and have either an outlet i.e. nozzle in the floor or are shaped to be emptied over the lip of the ladle.
- the ladle usually consists of an outer metal shell on which is superimposed a relatively permanent lining of refractory brickwork or a rammed or cast refractory concrete to form a monolithic refractory lining.
- molten metal is poured from a furnace, such as a high frequency induction furnace, into the ladle and from there to a casting mould.
- the molten metal is held in the ladle while it is moved from one location to another, for example from a tapping position to various pouring positions.
- the molten metal may be held in the ladle for about 30 minutesi usually the ladle is filled and then emptied within 20 minutes. While the molten metal is present in the ladle it tends to attack the refractory lining and this generally means that each time the ladle is emptied the rela- .tively permanent lining needs to be repaired and eventually it must be replaced. It is known that one can protect the relatively permanent lining by a refractory dressings this is cheap but not sufficiently erosion-resistant.
- the foundryman is concerned with the quality of the metal in the castings he produces and to ensure this he takes certain precautions.
- One problem is the loss of temperature of the molten metal in the ladle; heat is lost while the metal is tapped from the furnace and the metal also loses heat when held in the ladle which may be moved from mould to mould.
- To ensure that the metal temperature is sufficiently high for a casting of correct quality to be formed it is standard practice to tap the metal at a temperature higher than that needed for casting and also to preheat the ladle to compensate for the thermal losses that will occur.
- Another problem concerns the risk of inclusions in the- metal.
- a method of supplying substantially inclusion- free-molten metal from an unpreheated ladle to a mould comprising,
- the molten metal may be any metal or alloy composition commonly used in foundries, examples being steel, iron, copper, aluminium and alloys of these.
- An important advantage of this invention is that because the lining is heat insulating to a desired extent, there is little or no need to superheat the metal in the furnace above a normal casting temperature.
- Ladles take several forms.
- the ladle has a sealed bottom and the molten metal is poured into a casting mould from the top via a lip.
- a version of a lip pour ladle in which the metal is drawn from the bottom of the ladle is a so-called "teapot"ladle.
- the ladle floor has an outlet containing a replacable nozzle so that the metal is poured out from the bottom. The invention is applicable to all these. forms of ladle.
- the used lining will be discarded after one use since the risk that the inclusions will have reached an unacceptable level cannot be tolerated.
- the lining may however, be used for more than one furnace tap and this can happen where economy is more important than the metallurgy of the cast metal.
- the decision when to discard the used lining is in the control of the foundryman who will balance his need for economy with the desire to achieve castings of a defined quality; in any event the use of the invention will reduce the cost and need for preheating and will simplify the relining when it is required.
- the lining may be used more than once when the time from one tap to another is very short and to meet this case the lining can be adapted for multiple use as there is insufficient time for.relining. Linings which are to be used more than once will tend to be thicker than those used once only.
- a foundry ladle comprising,
- Such a ladle may be of any of the forms mentioned above. Where the ladle has a nozzle in the floor, the lining an the floor may have a bore into which the nozzle may key and this will lock the nozzle into position. This means that the usual self setting or ramming composition to hold the nozzle is not needed - not only does this remove a dirty and time consuming job but we have found that the risk of inclusions is reduced.
- the protective discardable lining is preformed of one or more boards.
- the lining may be formed as a one piece item.
- the lining is formed of a set of boards of the composition.
- the set of boards comprises one or more floorboards shaped and arranged to cover the-ladle floor. Where the floor has an outlet nozzle, the floorboard will have a bore to key the nozzle so avoiding any ramming or setting material.
- the set also includes side boards which are dimensioned to extend from the floorboard to the top of the ladle and most preferably the floorboard is shaped for example by edge recesses to receive or register with the side boards in sealed manner.
- the side boards be shaped so that they are wider at th.e end remote from the floorboard than at the floorboard end so that they taper outwardly to the top of the ladle. This feature assists in the removal of the used inner lining after the ladle has been emptied of molten metal.
- Most preferably adjoining side walls of the boards are shaped to form a seal to prevent the passage of molten metal thereacross and it is much preferred that the boards be trapezoidal in section. For enhanced sealing it is possible to apply a refractory cement across the joints.
- the lining must be formed of a composition which is refractory,' has a relatively high heat insulation and a relatively low heat conductivity.
- these criteria can be satisfied by controlling physical parameters of the boards.
- the boards forming the inner protective 'lining should be at least 10mm thick and preferably 15mm to 20 or 25mm thick. If they are more than 50mm thick they tend to occupy a relatively high proportion of the volume of a small ladle which restricts the amount of molten metal it can hold.
- the boards have a density in the range of from about 0.3 to about 1.5 preferably about 0.5 to 1.1 gm/cc.
- the thermal conductivity should be in the range of about 0.1 to 1.0, preferably 0.3 to 0.5 W/mK
- the boards should have a transverse strength of about 5 to 25 Kg/sq.cm, preferably 15 to 20 Kg/sq.cm.
- the permeability of the boards may be important; in the case of boards formed from an organically. bonded composition the permeability should be of the order of 10 AFS units (American Foundryman Society).
- the boards may be formed from a variety of compositions used to make boards for forming the expendable lining of a tundish.
- a tundish is a constant head vessel used in the continuous casting of steel and interposed between the ladle and the continuous casting mould.
- Such tundish linings are well known under the registered trade mark.GARNEX and there is thus no need for a detailed explanation here of the chemical compositions of which they may be formed.
- the inner protective discardable lining of this 'invention may be formed of fibrous materials, refractory fillers and binders.
- inorganic fibres such as paper, and as inorganic fibres asbestos, calcium silicate, aluminium silicate fibres; as refractory fillers silica, alumina, magnesia, refractory silicates; and as binders both inorganic and organic, colloidal silica sol, sodium silicate, starch, phenolformaldehyde resin or urea-formaldehyde resin.
- tundish lining boards for the purposes of this invention has not been proposed.
- the boards in a tundish the constant inflow of superheated molten metal keeps the temperature of the molten metal fairly uniform, and because the slabs and billets formed are subjected to secondary processing inclusions are removed and their presence in the molten metal is simply discounted.
- the boards must have the criteria of shape, thickness, density, thermal conductivity etc., mentioned above if the advantages of avoiding preheating and inclusions are to be optimised.
- a set of boards to be fitted into the ladle to form an inner protective discardable lining comprising one or more floorboards and one or more sideboards, each board being formed of a composition which is refractory, and has high heat insulation, a density in the range of about 0,3 to 1.5 gm/cc, a thermal conductivity in the range of 0.1 to 1.0, W/mK and a thickness of from 10 to 25mm.
- the ladle of Figure 1 comprises a bucket-like vessel 1 having a base 2 and upwardly outward flared sidewall 3.
- a nozzle 4 is set in the floor 2, to receive a stopper rod 5.
- the vessel base and sidewall are made up of an outer metal shell 6 on which is set a relatively permanent lining 7 of refractory bricks as shown or a shaped monolithic lining.
- the vessel has an internal volume to accommodate about 0.3 to 10 tons of molten steel.
- the inner diameter of the floor is about 80 cm and the diameter at the top is about 100 cm and the internal height of the sidewalls is about 120 cm.
- the lining comprises a set of boards, each formed of refractory heat insulating material.
- the boards comprise a pair of floorboards 11 covering the whole of the floor area and ten upstanding side boards 12.
- Each side board is wider at its upper end than at its base which rests on a ledge formed in the floorboard 11.
- the side boards are each trapezoidal in section so that a tight joint A is formed between adjacent side boards when they are abutted together.
- the floorboards 11 are joined together in overlapping manner as at A.
- Sufficient side boards are present to cover the inner surface of the relatively permanent lining.
- Each board measures 108 cm high, and about 3 cm thick and the front surface measures 27 cm across and the rear surface 29 cm across.
- Each side board and the floorboard has a density of 1.1 gm/cc, and a thermal conductivity of 0.6 W/mK.
- the boards include an organic binder they are made from an aqueous slurry of the following (part.s by weight): to form a damp shape which is then dried.
- Loose sand 13 is located between the floor 2 of the vessel and the floorboards 11 and also in the gap between the inner surface of the relatively permanent lining and the set of the side boards 12.
- the sand at the top of the ladle, at least in-the region of a cut out 14 in the upper corners of two adjacent side boards and defining a lip-pouring spout 15, is mixed with sodium silicate to harden it so that it will not fall out when the ladle is tilted.
- a preformed sealant such as a clay or alumino-silicate fibre rope may also be used to hold the loose sand in the desired position.
- molten steel at about 1650 0 C is tapped from a furnace into the ladle.
- the stream of steel impinges on the side and floorboards but despite this the boards are not severely eroded.
- the resin binder therein is carbonised but only a part of the binder suffers this fate since the front face of the boards sinters to form an impervious skin, or layer L which seals the inner lining from attack by molten metal.
- the ladle When the ladle is filled to the desired level with the molten steel - which by then has cooled to about 1600°C -it may be stored for up to 20 minutes or more.
- the metal When desired the metal is released via the nozzle 4 until the ladle is completely empty.
- the molten metal temperature falls much more.slowly while it is in the ladle because of the thermal insulation of the inner protective discardable lining.
- the inner protective lining retains its integrity and at the end of the pour when the ladle is fully inverted, the inner lining is discarded by falling out as a one piece, bucket-like element together with the loose sand, leaving a clean relatively permanent lining 7.
- the ladle can be reused more speedily than would be the case in the absence of a lining, and turn-around is generally improved. Between each pour the nozzle 4 is conveniently removed from the outside of the ladle without any need to have access to.the interior.
- the ladle of the invention was used in comparison with a ladle having no inner protective lining to supply molten steel to a sand mould in a foundry.
- the ladle without the inner protective lining it was found that there were slag and refractory inclusions in the castings made from the molten steel whilst in the case of the ladle of the invention no such inclusions were present.
- Two bottom pour ladles each having a capacity of 3000 kg were taken.
- the floorboard had a bore to register with the nozzle outlet and the nozzle was keyed in that bore so avoiding the need for ramming materials.
- the boards were trapezoidal in plan and were wedged together with their wider ends uppermost.
- the ladle having the 65 mm refractory cement lining was preheated to 600 - 700°C for 2 hours using gas burners. The other ladle was not preheated.
- Carbon steel was tapped into two ladles, prepared in the manner of Example 1 and the metal was run into test moulds formed of zircon sand and refractory holloware. The metal was allowed to cool and the castings were removed. The castings surface were machined level and then coated by the Dynatron technique to show exogenous inclusions arising from the erosion of ladle refractories and slag only. The surfaces were photographed and the results are shown in Figure 4 (no magnification) in which the lower photograph shows the results from a casting from the ladle having no inner protective lining and the upper . photograph shows the results from a ladle of the invention. These results clearly show the advantages of using the lining to reduce the risk of inclusions.
- Example 2 The method of Example 2 was repeated using a high alloy steel and the same results were obtained.
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- The invention relates to the lining of metallurgical ladles of the type used in foundries to supply molten metal to, for example, a casting mould and especially to means for reducing the content of inclusions in molten metal emerging from such ladles and for reducing the need for preheating of the ladles. Typically such ladles are of generally bucket form, and have either an outlet i.e. nozzle in the floor or are shaped to be emptied over the lip of the ladle. The ladle usually consists of an outer metal shell on which is superimposed a relatively permanent lining of refractory brickwork or a rammed or cast refractory concrete to form a monolithic refractory lining.
- In use, molten metal is poured from a furnace, such as a high frequency induction furnace, into the ladle and from there to a casting mould. The molten metal is held in the ladle while it is moved from one location to another, for example from a tapping position to various pouring positions. The molten metal may be held in the ladle for about 30 minutesi usually the ladle is filled and then emptied within 20 minutes. While the molten metal is present in the ladle it tends to attack the refractory lining and this generally means that each time the ladle is emptied the rela- .tively permanent lining needs to be repaired and eventually it must be replaced. It is known that one can protect the relatively permanent lining by a refractory dressings this is cheap but not sufficiently erosion-resistant.
- The foundryman is concerned with the quality of the metal in the castings he produces and to ensure this he takes certain precautions. One problem is the loss of temperature of the molten metal in the ladle; heat is lost while the metal is tapped from the furnace and the metal also loses heat when held in the ladle which may be moved from mould to mould. To ensure that the metal temperature is sufficiently high for a casting of correct quality to be formed it is standard practice to tap the metal at a temperature higher than that needed for casting and also to preheat the ladle to compensate for the thermal losses that will occur. Another problem concerns the risk of inclusions in the- metal. It has been observed that little or no inclusions are present when a ladle with a virgin or freshly prepared lining is used but as that ladle is reused the risk of inclusions being present increases due to slag and other residues from previcus use. A source of inclusions is the slag on top of the molten metal and each time the ladle is emptied an attempt is made to remove all the slag. This attempt is never completely successful since some slag is deposited on the ladle lining and when the ladle is filled again with molten metal the slag is remelted and contributes inclusions in that body of molten metal. Ideally the ladle should be rebricked each time it is used but this is not economic so the. ladle is patched until the level of inclusions can no longer be tolerated.
- It has been proposed in British patent specification 1454201 to form a permanent lining in a ladle for molten metal by the use of a lining in sleeve or tile form of a defined composition which is then heated and sintered. The composition is selected to be highly exothermic and heat insulating as well as refractory so that it can be reused many times and so that slag will not adhere to the lining. So far as the Applicants are aware this proposal has not been practised and this may be due to several factors including the need to fire and sinter the composition prior to use of the lined ladle.
- It is an object of the invention to provide a method and means for the foundryman to cast molten metal from a ladle in such a way that quality castings can be made more easily and cheaply.
- According to one feature of the invention, there is provided a method of supplying substantially inclusion- free-molten metal from an unpreheated ladle to a mould comprising,
- a) locating in the ladle, so as to shield the molten metal from contact with the relatively permanent lining, an inner protective discardable lining formed of a composition which is refractory, has a relatively high heat insulation and a relatively low heat conductivity,
- b-r pouring, from a furnace molten metal into the ladle, and
- c) pouring the molten metal from the ladle into one or more casting moulds, and then discarding the used lining.
- The molten metal may be any metal or alloy composition commonly used in foundries, examples being steel, iron, copper, aluminium and alloys of these. An important advantage of this invention is that because the lining is heat insulating to a desired extent, there is little or no need to superheat the metal in the furnace above a normal casting temperature.
- Ladles take several forms. In one form the ladle has a sealed bottom and the molten metal is poured into a casting mould from the top via a lip. A version of a lip pour ladle in which the metal is drawn from the bottom of the ladle is a so-called "teapot"ladle. In another form the ladle floor has an outlet containing a replacable nozzle so that the metal is poured out from the bottom. The invention is applicable to all these. forms of ladle.
- As a general rule and especially where the quality of the metal being cast is important the used lining will be discarded after one use since the risk that the inclusions will have reached an unacceptable level cannot be tolerated. The lining may however, be used for more than one furnace tap and this can happen where economy is more important than the metallurgy of the cast metal. The decision when to discard the used lining is in the control of the foundryman who will balance his need for economy with the desire to achieve castings of a defined quality; in any event the use of the invention will reduce the cost and need for preheating and will simplify the relining when it is required. The lining may be used more than once when the time from one tap to another is very short and to meet this case the lining can be adapted for multiple use as there is insufficient time for.relining. Linings which are to be used more than once will tend to be thicker than those used once only.
- According to another feature of the invention, there is provided a foundry ladle comprising,
- an outer metal generally bucket-shaped casing having a base and arcuate sidewalls,
- a permanent refractory lining on the interior of the casing,
- an inner protective discardable lining located in the ladle so as to shield the permanent lining,
- the inner lining being formed of one or more floorboards and one or more side boards,
- the side board(s) being arranged essentially vertically to form in horizontal section a polygonal array, the boards being wider at the top than the base,
- the boards being formed of composition which is refractory, has relatively high heat insulation and a relatively low thermal conductivity.
- Such a ladle may be of any of the forms mentioned above. Where the ladle has a nozzle in the floor, the lining an the floor may have a bore into which the nozzle may key and this will lock the nozzle into position. This means that the usual self setting or ramming composition to hold the nozzle is not needed - not only does this remove a dirty and time consuming job but we have found that the risk of inclusions is reduced.
- It is an important feature of the invention that the protective discardable lining is preformed of one or more boards. In the case of very small ladles the lining may be formed as a one piece item. According to a much preferred feature of the invention, the lining is formed of a set of boards of the composition. The set of boards comprises one or more floorboards shaped and arranged to cover the-ladle floor. Where the floor has an outlet nozzle, the floorboard will have a bore to key the nozzle so avoiding any ramming or setting material. The set also includes side boards which are dimensioned to extend from the floorboard to the top of the ladle and most preferably the floorboard is shaped for example by edge recesses to receive or register with the side boards in sealed manner. As 5ndicated above it is a feature of this-invention that the side boards be shaped so that they are wider at th.e end remote from the floorboard than at the floorboard end so that they taper outwardly to the top of the ladle. This feature assists in the removal of the used inner lining after the ladle has been emptied of molten metal. Most preferably adjoining side walls of the boards are shaped to form a seal to prevent the passage of molten metal thereacross and it is much preferred that the boards be trapezoidal in section. For enhanced sealing it is possible to apply a refractory cement across the joints. It is a surprising feature of this invention that where the boards tend to sinter under the influence of heat from the molten metal in the interior of the ladle, a skin is formed across the joints which aids in the formation of a complete inner skin so helping to shield the molten metal from contact with the relatively permanent lining. Surprisingly the presence of the skin tends to prevent the total content of the organic material in the lining from being burned out and this coupled with the high insulation of the lining tends to keep the ladle cooler.
- For the purposes of the invention the lining must be formed of a composition which is refractory,' has a relatively high heat insulation and a relatively low heat conductivity. In the case of boards formed of a refractory heat insulation composition these criteria can be satisfied by controlling physical parameters of the boards. In general, it has been found that the boards forming the inner protective 'lining should be at least 10mm thick and preferably 15mm to 20 or 25mm thick. If they are more than 50mm thick they tend to occupy a relatively high proportion of the volume of a small ladle which restricts the amount of molten metal it can hold. Preferably the boards have a density in the range of from about 0.3 to about 1.5 preferably about 0.5 to 1.1 gm/cc. The thermal conductivity should be in the range of about 0.1 to 1.0, preferably 0.3 to 0.5 W/mK To be handled, especially when thin, the boards should have a transverse strength of about 5 to 25 Kg/sq.cm, preferably 15 to 20 Kg/sq.cm. Depending on the chemical composition the permeability of the boards may be important; in the case of boards formed from an organically. bonded composition the permeability should be of the order of 10 AFS units (American Foundryman Society).
- The boards may be formed from a variety of compositions used to make boards for forming the expendable lining of a tundish. A tundish is a constant head vessel used in the continuous casting of steel and interposed between the ladle and the continuous casting mould. Such tundish linings are well known under the registered trade mark.GARNEX and there is thus no need for a detailed explanation here of the chemical compositions of which they may be formed. In general, the inner protective discardable lining of this 'invention may be formed of fibrous materials, refractory fillers and binders. Preferred are, as fibrous materials organic fibres such as paper, and as inorganic fibres asbestos, calcium silicate, aluminium silicate fibres; as refractory fillers silica, alumina, magnesia, refractory silicates; and as binders both inorganic and organic, colloidal silica sol, sodium silicate, starch, phenolformaldehyde resin or urea-formaldehyde resin. The use of tundish lining boards for the purposes of this invention has not been proposed. Some reasons for this are clear: in a tundish the constant inflow of superheated molten metal keeps the temperature of the molten metal fairly uniform, and because the slabs and billets formed are subjected to secondary processing inclusions are removed and their presence in the molten metal is simply discounted. For the purpose of this invention, the boards must have the criteria of shape, thickness, density, thermal conductivity etc., mentioned above if the advantages of avoiding preheating and inclusions are to be optimised.
- According to another feature of the invention there is provided for use in a foundry ladle, a set of boards to be fitted into the ladle to form an inner protective discardable lining, the boards comprising one or more floorboards and one or more sideboards, each board being formed of a composition which is refractory, and has high heat insulation, a density in the range of about 0,3 to 1.5 gm/cc, a thermal conductivity in the range of 0.1 to 1.0, W/mK and a thickness of from 10 to 25mm.
- In order that the invention may be well understood it will now be described with reference to the accompanying diagramatic drawings in which,
- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a ladle having an inner protective lining before use,
- Figure 2 is a top plan view of the ladle of Figure 1,
- Figure 3 is a fragmentary view showing the lining after contact with molten metal.
- Figure 4 is a photograph showing the results of using a ladle lined according to the invention and with reference to the Examples below in which parts are by weight unless otherwise specified.
- The ladle of Figure 1, comprises a bucket-like vessel 1 having a
base 2 and upwardly outward flaredsidewall 3. Anozzle 4 is set in thefloor 2, to receive astopper rod 5. - The vessel base and sidewall are made up of an
outer metal shell 6 on which is set a relativelypermanent lining 7 of refractory bricks as shown or a shaped monolithic lining. Typically the vessel has an internal volume to accommodate about 0.3 to 10 tons of molten steel. For a three ton ladle, the inner diameter of the floor is about 80 cm and the diameter at the top is about 100 cm and the internal height of the sidewalls is about 120 cm. - An
inner lining 10 is present within the vessel 1. The lining comprises a set of boards, each formed of refractory heat insulating material. The boards comprise a pair offloorboards 11 covering the whole of the floor area and tenupstanding side boards 12. Each side board is wider at its upper end than at its base which rests on a ledge formed in thefloorboard 11. The side boards are each trapezoidal in section so that a tight joint A is formed between adjacent side boards when they are abutted together. Thefloorboards 11 are joined together in overlapping manner as at A. Sufficient side boards are present to cover the inner surface of the relatively permanent lining. Each board measures 108 cm high, and about 3 cm thick and the front surface measures 27 cm across and the rear surface 29 cm across. Each side board and the floorboard has a density of 1.1 gm/cc, and a thermal conductivity of 0.6 W/mK. Where the boards include an organic binder they are made from an aqueous slurry of the following (part.s by weight): -
Loose sand 13 is located between thefloor 2 of the vessel and thefloorboards 11 and also in the gap between the inner surface of the relatively permanent lining and the set of theside boards 12. In the case of a lip-poured ladle, the sand at the top of the ladle, at least in-the region of a cut out 14 in the upper corners of two adjacent side boards and defining a lip-pouring spout 15, is mixed with sodium silicate to harden it so that it will not fall out when the ladle is tilted. A preformed sealant such as a clay or alumino-silicate fibre rope may also be used to hold the loose sand in the desired position. - In use, molten steel at about 16500C is tapped from a furnace into the ladle. The stream of steel impinges on the side and floorboards but despite this the boards are not severely eroded. As the molten steel enters the ladle it contacts the boards and the resin binder therein is carbonised but only a part of the binder suffers this fate since the front face of the boards sinters to form an impervious skin, or layer L which seals the inner lining from attack by molten metal.
- When the ladle is filled to the desired level with the molten steel - which by then has cooled to about 1600°C -it may be stored for up to 20 minutes or more. When desired the metal is released via the
nozzle 4 until the ladle is completely empty. The molten metal temperature falls much more.slowly while it is in the ladle because of the thermal insulation of the inner protective discardable lining. Surprisingly, the inner protective lining retains its integrity and at the end of the pour when the ladle is fully inverted, the inner lining is discarded by falling out as a one piece, bucket-like element together with the loose sand, leaving a clean relativelypermanent lining 7. Because of the heat insulating properties of the lining the ladle can be reused more speedily than would be the case in the absence of a lining, and turn-around is generally improved. Between each pour thenozzle 4 is conveniently removed from the outside of the ladle without any need to have access to.the interior. - In an evaluation, the ladle of the invention was used in comparison with a ladle having no inner protective lining to supply molten steel to a sand mould in a foundry. In the case of the ladle without the inner protective lining, it was found that there were slag and refractory inclusions in the castings made from the molten steel whilst in the case of the ladle of the invention no such inclusions were present.
- Two bottom pour ladles each having a capacity of 3000 kg were taken. One was lined with 65mm refractory alumina cement lining. A nozzle was set in the outlet with a rammable silica cement. The other was lined with a 40 mm thick layer of the alumina cement, on top of which was superimposed a lining of boards of the following characteristics.
- The floorboard had a bore to register with the nozzle outlet and the nozzle was keyed in that bore so avoiding the need for ramming materials. The boards were trapezoidal in plan and were wedged together with their wider ends uppermost. The ladle having the 65 mm refractory cement lining was preheated to 600 - 700°C for 2 hours using gas burners. The other ladle was not preheated.
- Carbon steel at 1650°C was tapped into both ladles. In the case of the ladle having the 65 mm refractory cement lining the steel cooled to 16000C within 1 minute and the temperature fell at the rate of 4°C/min. In the case of the other ladle - according to the invention - the temperature after 1 minute was 1610°C and the cooling rate was 3°C/min. The effect of this was that after a period of time, say 20 minutes, there was a significant temperature difference between the metal in both ladles. These results show that even with the omission of preheating a ladle lined according to the invention has improved thermal characteristics. This can be taken advantage of in a variety of ways, including a lowering of the tapping temperature.
- Carbon steel was tapped into two ladles, prepared in the manner of Example 1 and the metal was run into test moulds formed of zircon sand and refractory holloware. The metal was allowed to cool and the castings were removed. The castings surface were machined level and then coated by the Dynatron technique to show exogenous inclusions arising from the erosion of ladle refractories and slag only. The surfaces were photographed and the results are shown in Figure 4 (no magnification) in which the lower photograph shows the results from a casting from the ladle having no inner protective lining and the upper . photograph shows the results from a ladle of the invention. These results clearly show the advantages of using the lining to reduce the risk of inclusions.
- The method of Example 2 was repeated using a high alloy steel and the same results were obtained.
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GB1487040A (en) * | 1976-03-01 | 1977-09-28 | Labate M | Tundish liners |
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