Abstract:
A heat insulating casting tube is disposed between the outlet orifice of a first metallurgical vessel and a second metallurgical vessel. One end of the casting tube has a removable and substantially leaktight engagement about a casting nozzle or an adapter forming an extension of the nozzle of the first vessel. The casting tube is formed of a material sinterable under the action of the heat of the liquid metal as it flows in the tube. A ring of refractory material is disposed on the tube end engaged on and surrounding the lateral surface of the casting nozzle or adapter. The internal surface of this ring is shaped as the lateral surface of the casting nozzle or adapter and has a substantially leaktight engagement with that lateral surface. The height of the ring is such that its bottom edge is located above the zone in which the liquid metal which is poured into the tube would be liable to come into contact with the internal surface of the tube.
Abstract:
A coating for protecting constructions against fire and heat, comprises 10 to 80% by weight of aluminous and/or Portland cement and 5 to 20% by weight of hydrated trisodium phosphate (Na.sub.3 PO.sub.4.12H.sub.2 O). A small but effective amount of a flux can be included, which can be calcium borate and/or fluorspar, the amount being effective to assure superficial sintering of the refractory particles at a temperature between 850.degree. and 900.degree. C. This temperature range is selected because if sintering takes place below 850.degree. C., the cracks which form in the coating are filled too soon by fusion of the inorganic particles under the action of the flux; while if sintering takes place above 900.degree. C., the coating becomes detached from the supporting surface because the binder loses all of its adhesive power. The coating can also include inorganic particles, e.g. alumina, sand, perlite and/or vermiculite, and also organic particles.
Abstract:
A blanket powder for covering a molten metal bath in order to prevent oxidation and to provide heat insulation contains, in addition to the ash of cereal hulls, approximately 5 to 50% by weight of non-calcined cereal hulls. The powder can thus be transported and handled without any attendant danger of contaminating dust formation and has enhanced heat-insulating power.
Abstract:
A filter for molten metal comprises a series of at least two refractory mineral material plates which define between them one or more cavities. The plates each comprise a series of holes through which the liquid metal passes and by which the liquid metal is filtered. At least one of the cavities contains a material for treating the metal, for example a material for inoculating the liquid metal. The filter is used among other things to filter and treat molten metals simultaneously and to improve the quality of the metal.
Abstract:
A method for applying a covering on a substrate consists in embedding a reinforcement (2) in a covering (10). To this end, a number of hooks (3) are fixed on the substrate (1), preferably with variable orientations and/or inclinations with respect to the substrate (1). The reinforcement (2) is inserted in the hooks (3) and the covering (10) is applied on the substrate (1) which carries the reinforcement (2).The hook (3) which is used as a fastening device is preferably formed by a substantially U-shaped rod, one arm (4) of which has a curvature which is reversed with respect to the curvature of the U-shaped base.The reinforced covering thus formed can in particular be a fireproof facing applied on a metal substrate.
Abstract:
The lining for a metallurgical container comprises a series of removable plates of heat insulating material designed to be applied to the inside of the metallurgical container against the lateral walls and the bottom of the latter, at least a part of these plates being quadrangular and identical. The quadrangular and identical plates include on their two opposite edges a rib extending over a major fraction of the length of the corresponding edge, this rib defining a support surface designed to receive an identical rib formed along the adjacent edge of another plate. Each plate includes also, on the remaining fraction of the length of said edge, a protuberance defining a support surface oriented in the opposite direction with respect to that of the rib, the support surface of this protuberance being designed to receive an identical protuberance formed on the adjacent edge of another plate. The invention is particularly useful for the internal coating of casting distributors or tundishes.
Abstract:
A filter for molten metal comprises a series of at least two refractory material plates in contact with each other at their periphery and defining between them one or more cavities. Each plate comprises a series of holes through which the molten metal passes and by which the molten metal is filtered. The cavities are at least in part filled with a filter material resistant to the temperature of the molten metal to be filtered and providing additional filtering of the metal. The filter material is based on fibers resistant to the temperature of the molten metal. The filter is used to filter molten metals.
Abstract:
A pasty gasket (5) is placed on the upper edge (6) of a metallurgical container (1) in order to produce a leakproof seal with the cover (4) of the latter. The gasket (5) is constituted by a mixture containing from 5 to 10% by weight of plasticizing substances containing clay and/or bentonite, 90 to 95% by weight of organic particles such as paper and/or inorganic such as carbon, carbide, borides, nitrides, silicides and sulfides, alone or in combination and/or anhydrous and/or hydrated refractory oxides such as silica, alumina, chromium-magnesium oxide, magnesium oxide, chamotte and mixtures thereof, the whole being given a pasty form by approximately 20 to 30% by weight of water relative to the weight of the dry constituents, the mixture of these constituents being produced shortly before application of the gasket. Use in order to produce a leakproof seal between the casting ladles, casting distributors and covers thereof, converters and their smoke- and dust-removing hoods and all surfaces which are subjected to heat and which have to be joined.
Abstract:
A method and installation for applying an insulating refractory coating comprising at least two layers of equal of unequal thickness, of different compositions and equal or different water contents, onto surfaces such as the interior of metallurgical vessel (1). At least two aqueous pasty hardenable products are successively applied to the surfaces. In the case of each layer of different material, the corresponding products, which are pulverulent and/or fibrous, are successively supplied, continuously or discontinuously, through a single means (10) for spraying the surface to be coated.
Abstract:
The device for removing inclusions and especially oxides of the molten metal which is poured into a casting tundish comprises elements which are placed within the interior of the casting tundish and immersed in the molten metal. The elements are formed of heat-insulating material which is sinterable at the temperature of the molten metal. A duct is formed within the interior of the elements and connected to a supply of gas such as argon which is inert with respect to the molten metal.