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Method for preparing castable refractory for electric furnace covers
Source: Innovation Materials
Release time:2019-08-06 17:12
Electric furnace covers generally use high-alumina refractory materials. In the past, electric furnace covers were mostly built with refractory bricks, but now most use high-alumina castables for on-site casting or prefabrication off-site.
An electric furnace is a heating furnace that converts electrical energy within the furnace into heat to heat workpieces. Electric furnaces can be divided into resistance furnaces, induction furnaces, arc furnaces, plasma furnaces, electron beam furnaces, etc. Electric Furnace Cover High-alumina refractory materials are generally selected. In the past, electric furnace covers were mostly built with refractory bricks; now, most use high-alumina castables for on-site casting or prefabrication off-site.

(Figure 1 Electric Furnace Cover )
Electric furnace cover castables mainly use corundum and extra-grade bauxite as refractory raw materials, adding mullite, kyanite, and other additives according to the formula ratio. After thorough mixing, adding an appropriate amount of water allows for construction. High-alumina castables have many advantages, such as good resistance to thermal shock, erosion, scouring, spalling, and slag resistance. It can adapt to the working environment of the electric furnace cover.
When using an electric furnace cover, whether prefabricated or cast on-site, high-alumina castables can be used as raw materials for construction, processing it into ultra-high-power electric furnace tops and refining furnace covers. Whether it is a circular cover or a triangular one, construction can be carried out according to the size and thickness of the electric furnace cover. Electric furnace covers cast with high-alumina castables have many advantages, such as good integrity and convenient construction, making it a commonly used refractory material for electric furnace covers.

(Figure 2 Electric Furnace Top Prefabricated Components )
Luoyang Kechuang New Materials Co., Ltd. specializes in the production of Permeable Bricks ,water mouth bricks, and electric furnace top prefabricated components. Among them, Electric Furnace Cover made from high-performance ultra-low cement castables, they have high cold and hot strength, good thermal shock stability, long service life, resistance to steel slag and high-temperature airflow scouring, resistance to high-temperature arc light radiation, and resistance to airflow wear caused by high-speed dust extraction inside the furnace. For electric furnace covers, our company has a complete set of mature solutions, fully customizable, suitable for ordinary electric furnaces, ultra-high-power electric furnaces, refining furnaces, and VD furnaces.
Source: Luoyang Kechuang New Materials Co., Ltd.: https://www.kcnh.com/
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