Slide gates, nozzles & mould tubes

Upper and lower slide gate plates for steel ladles and tundishes, supplied as sets for the customer's gate mechanism: unburned alumina–carbon plates for small and medium ladles, burned alumina–zirconia–carbon plates for large ladles and long sequences.

Typical values from the product data sheets. Properties for a specific order are confirmed in the quotation.

Inner (well) nozzles and collector nozzles for ladle slide gate systems, made to the customer's drawing and matched to the plates.

Typical values from the product data sheets. Properties for a specific order are confirmed in the quotation.

Zirconia metering nozzles and composite nozzles with a zirconia insert for open-stream billet casting. The stable bore keeps the casting speed constant through the sequence.

Typical values from the product data sheets. Properties for a specific order are confirmed in the quotation.

Precast corundum–spinel well blocks for the ladle slide gate and seating blocks for porous plugs, fired and supplied ready to install.

Typical values from the product data sheets. Properties for a specific order are confirmed in the quotation.

Alumina–chrome mortar for setting nozzles and plates in the slide gate assembly. Supplied ready-mixed; forms a dense joint that resists steel and slag penetration.

Typical values from the product data sheets. Properties for a specific order are confirmed in the quotation.

Magnesia–carbon taphole sleeves, end sleeves and taphole blocks for eccentric bottom tapping (EBT) electric arc furnaces, supplied as sets for the customer's taphole design.

Typical values from the product data sheets. Properties for a specific order are confirmed in the quotation.

Copper mould tubes for billet continuous-casting machines, with a hard-chrome plated bore. Section, length, radius and taper are made to the customer's drawing.

Typical values from the product data sheets. Properties for a specific order are confirmed in the quotation.