The lining of the converter is probably a furnace, but if it is changed at least to see the material and the use of it. There are a lot of damage to the lining, such as: The total impurity content reduces to 2%, lining life will increase 20%-40%; CAO in brick is of 60%-80% content , lining life are the highest; also some other proper index can not be ignored such as bulk density,heat/thermal shock resistant performance,porosity,thermal expansion,fracture resistace,volume stability,Slag resistance,and so on. In addition, lining erosion rate is the largest when the basicity of slag is 1, with the increase of basicity, erosion rate decrease rapidly, the temperature can cause cracks spalling of lining. At the same time, the building process is also very important.
About 7000~10000 furnace in steelmaking, the level of maintenance and management of each plant is different! Refractory thinning relates to safety issues (equipment and people safety). i am not clear about zinc smelting! Zinc smelting may use rotary kiln! blow the zinc powder into the kiln.
The lining now is built with MgO-C brick, the specific time to change it mainly to see the quality and usage of MgO-C brick. A few years ago, the mills are desperately seeking furnace age, some can use thirty thousand furnace, by the way, furnace age of converter refers to the number of steelmaking furnace not time. So now most mills are not simply pursuit furnace age, but economic furnace age, currently furnace age of steel mills around us is mostly in about ten thousand to twenty thousand. In general, the furnace service of the converter is arranged with the overhaul of other equipment. This can realize the synchronous maintenance of various equipment. If the stove is too old but the maintenance is not timely, also is not to replace the lining brick timely, there will be leakage, then the furnace shell and even ring will be damaged, consequences are more serious . The reason is very simple for brick falling off. One is the poor quality of furnace brick,causing brick lining loose, rocking furnace will lead lining brick falling. the other one is the furnace lining brick is pressed too tight in the use procedure and the brick is too thin.
