Does anyone know the characteristics of refractory for glass kiln?
Refractory is a kind of non-metallic material with refractoriness not less than 1580 ℃, which has better thermal shock resistance and chemical erosion resistance, low heat conductivity coefficient and low expansion coefficient. Refractoriness is the centigrade?temperature of refractory cone specimen wiyhout any load resisting high temperatures without melting down Refractory is widely used in industries like metallurgy, chemical, petroleum, machinery manufacturing, silicates, power, etc., which is mostly used in the metallurgical industry, accounting for 50% to 60% of total output.
Quartzitic sandstone. Also known as quartzitic sandstone or white gravel. Which is a kind of natural refractory and quartz sandstone bonded by the kaolinite. Who appearance is better to be steel-grey, dense and hard, free of impurities and stripes. Its main crystalline phase is mainly quartz and kaolinite. Which has obvious stratified structure and anisotropism. The refractoriness fluctuation is between 1650~1730 ℃. The expansibility of quartzitic sandstone is different from that of silica?brick, who has maximum coefficient of thermal expansion under temperatures of 700 ~ 800 ℃, and it is most likely to burst at this time. The load softening temperature and the compression strength of calcined quartzitic sandstone have been improved significantly, with small residual expansion, stable volume, better thermal shock resistance, so it is generally to use calcinated quartzitic sandstone as refractories. which has been widely used as sidewall blocks on the small and medium sized furnaces.
The characteristics of refractory for glass kiln: First, it can well resist the erosion of glass?fusant and gas actor, and has sufficiently high load softening temperature and thermal stability. Usually we hope the refractories of all parts of the furnace will has no partial early erosion phenomenon to ensure that the entire furnace has a sufficiently long service life. However, due to the different mechanical, physical and chemical conditions of different parts of glass furnace, the performance of refractories should adapt to the glass furnace thereto and at the same time has no adverse effect on the adjacent other kinds of brick materials. Besides, we should consider the price of brick material, we should try to consider using commonly used stereotypes bricks of standard sizes which is cheap and quickly supplied by the warehouse. The damage of glass melting furnace lining is mainly due to chemical erosion, assisted by thermal stress. The degree and speed of chemical erosion is closely related to the applied parts, furnace temperature and melting glass varieties, and of course, the quality of the lining itself is also crucial. The nature of refractories using in the glass furnace has a very significant impact on the operation of glass melting furnace and the quality of glass. The application of poor main beam refractories will not only cause frequent shutdown for maintenance, limiting melting temperature, lowering furnace output, but also shorten the life of the furnace, and make glass has a variety of defects (stripes, stones, etc.), lower the quality of the glass. Here are the description of the nature and purpose of commonly used refractory in glass furnace.
