Role of refractory

Refractory materials have a crucial impact on the cost and quality of steel products. The diversification on steel products and their cleanliness requirement in recent years have increased the demand for high quality refractory. Steelmaking requires high temperatures of the order of 1600 degree centigrade. In addition steelmaking handles high temperature phases like molten steel, slag and hot gases. These phases are chemically reactive; refractory materials are required to produces steels. High quality refractory at a cheaper cost is the main requirement because cost of refractory adds into the cost of product.

What is a refractory?

Refractories are inorganic nonmetallic material which can withstand high temperature without undergoing physico – chemical changes while remaining in contact with molten slag, metal and gases. It is necessary to produce range of refractory materials with different properties to meet range of processing conditions.

The refractory range incorporates fired, chemically and carbon bonded materials that are made in different combinations and shapes for diversified applications.