Allied Mineral Products Inc.
and Special Shapes Refractory Company
(SSRC)ofBessemer, Alabama have joined forces combining Allied
Mineral’s refractory technology with SSRC’s manufacturing and
application technology to offer new innovative shaped refractory to iron,
steel, non-ferrous and glass applications.
PATHFINDER - Improved Ladle Gas Stirring Systems
Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
is supplying Special Shapes Refractory Company with Allied
Mineral's newest alumina-spinel refractory LCF 644A for SSRC
to manufacture an improved ladle gas stirring plug and block. Value added
advantages of the LCF 644A include:
1.
Less water
required for casting.
2.
Lower porosity
in the dried shape.
3.
Higher density
and higher strength.
4.
Better erosion
resistance for longer service life.
Special Shapes Refractory Company
has introduced the PATHFINDER – No Lance Ladle Gas Stirring Plug
using the LCF 644A that features:
1.
A combination
of size controlled capillaries interconnected in a lattice web to improve
stir reliability.
2.
Very fine slits
that resist metal infiltration serve as self-starting jets and reduce the
need for oxygen washing of the hot face of the plug for improved
productivity.
3.
A LCF 644
pocket block for better resistance to corrosion and enhanced protection of
the stir cone.
Pathfinder-No Lance Ladle Gas Stirring
Plug
This new system raises the benchmark for performance providing steel
makers and foundrymen improvements in:
1.
Homogenization
of temperature and chemistry.
2.
Efficient
additions of alloys and slag conditioners.
3.
Floatation of
inclusions for superior quality.
4.
Longer service
life for reductions in cost per unit of production.
5.
Consistent and
reliable service.
Allied Mineral’s Bill Porter and SSRC’s Gene Powell have coauthored a technical paper titled: "NO LANCE"
Ladle Stir Plug Technology Improves Productivity and Stir Reliability.
This paper describes the features and benefits of the new system in detail.
Bill and Gene presented the paper at the
Association of Iron and Steel Technology’s Conference September 2004 in
Nashville, TN.
For an assessment of your ladle
stirring needs and a determination of how the new PATHFINDER System might
benefit your operation, please contact Bill Porter or Gene
Powell:
