What requirements should refractory materials meet?
The operating temperature of forging furnace is above 1000, which can ensure the normal operation of the furnace, prolong the life of the furnace and save energy. General requirements for refractories are as follows. 1 They should deform at a sufficient temperature without melting. 2, They should have necessary structural strength without softening and deforming. The volume should be stable at high temperature without expansion, contraction or cracking. 4, They can resist erosion of molten metal, slag, gas and other chemicals.
Ladle is an necessary equipment to undertake molten steel and continuous casting. As many kinds of steel needs to be processed in the ladle, including argon blowing tempering, alloy composition fine-tuning, refining dusting and vacuum processing, working conditions of the ladle lining have worsened. Their working conditions are as follows. (1) The temperature of molten steel is higher than mold casting ladle. (2) the molten steel stays longerin the ladle. (3) ladle lining are subjected to volatilization and agitation of molten steel under high temperatures and in vacuum. (4) The impact on the lining when undertaking steel liner when the impact effect. Therefore requirements of the ladle refractories are as follows: (1) It can resist high temperature. Molten steel should be able to withstand high temperatures without melting. (2) It can resist thermal shock and can withstand molten steel without cracking and spalling. (3) It can resist slag erosion. The ladle should be able to withstand the erosion of lining caused by slag and alkalinity changes of slag. (4) it should have sufficiently high temperature mechanical strength to withstand the agitation and scouring of molten steel. (5) lined should have certain swelling property so that lining will be united as a whole under the effect of hyperthermal molten steel.
