Does anyone currently use any unmanned aerators or sleds for your hearth material?  With our minimal weekly downtime we are looking for any tools to avoid sending our refractory crew into a hot furnace.Possibly something that can be supported by a crane or can be attached to the head of our Grant digger. Thank you!

What is a ideal air PSI to inject carbon ?

We are currently looking for a back up refractory supplier we are using the following right now does anyone have any suggestions ? mainly for the furnace but all would be good  Tundish Vesuvius ,dry vibe lining  Ladles  Resco ,working lininig, dolomite brick Far horizon (imacro), slag line ,Mag carbon brick  Furnace       Magnesita,working […]

Our furnace and ladle bricks have always been sent out to the scrap yard and a lot of them eventually make it back to the furnace.  With too many “Brick in tap hole” delays we want to stop this practice.  We can quarantine the bricks, but the question becomes what to do with all of […]

We are getting some pressure about fugitive emissions during our tapping and casting operations. I was wondering if anybody has, or knows of someone that has, a spout tapping EAF that taps into ladles on cars. If so how do you prevent wash out on the side of the ladle? In addition to that I […]

we are looking to have a flow rate for our mould lube but cant seem to get a good reading since we are using a pulsating pump does anyone have any suggestions or even a different pump style i can switch to.

We currently use CarbonX as our secondary FR layer. Has anyone switched from CarbonX to another manufacturer like Carhart? Why? Did you see a difference in performance, quality, comfort?

I remember hearing someone mention that there was a chair that they had that their employees could sit on and it would help cool them down. Can anybody remember who that was or if it was you, can you tell me what brand/manufacturer it was? Thanks!

To combat ingots stuck in the mold. We are investigating and ingot stripper or ingot pusher. Does anyone use such a device? If so did you develop in house or buy a manufactured unit? Who was the manufacturer?

Looking for information on how others manage a spare (back up) transformer in their facility. Do you operate with no spare (one or more spares)? Do you share with another mill? Is your strategy successful for your business? If you could manage your spare strategy differently, what would you do?