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T. Vert of Dofasco Inc. discussed the "Future Role of Steelmaking Refractories." He noted that the ability of the refractory lining to help clean molten steel of impurities will become imperative, and that refractory usage will continue to decline in basic oxygen converters and electric arc furnaces. Shotcasting repair of ladles will accelerate in the coming years, he said; the steel industry is awaiting the development of a stable basic shotcast product that will actively contribute to the cleaning of molten steel. Vert predicted that: Refractories' rate of consumption of will continue to decline from the current 8-10 kg of refractory/ton of steel to 5 kg/t by 2015. The challenges for the refractories industry will continue to be intense, with declining product volume, increased demands for value, and continued pressure on prices. The industry will see increased use of monolithic refractories vs. bricks/shapes. There will be no refractory brick plants in the developed world by 2015. While refractories are not a large cost to steel companies(~ 2-3% of the price of steel per ton), they are a controllable cost, and thus will always be subject to intense scrutiny.
Advances in Monolithics
Sessions on monolithic refractories included the consideration of properties, installation, additives, cement/bonding, carbon-containing castables, curing/dewatering, testing and fracture. Spinel-forming and spinel-containing castables were discussed in at least 12 papers because of their ongoing field successes. R. Krebs, Plibrico-Lafarge, Germany, reminded attendees that the technology and use of monolithic refractories began in the U.S., in 1914. Concerning the future, he noted that the real advances in carbon-containing castables are still to be made, and smaller shotcasting units are needed for smaller jobs to further enhance the use of the technique. R. Johnson, U.S. consultant, predicted that shotcasting of castables will allow for the elimination of all bricks in many hydrocarbon/gasifier applications in five years. M. Sugawara, Krosaki-Harima, Japan, noted the need for the development of reline/repair methods for renewing partially worn castable linings (e.g., steel ladles) before a complete tearout and replacement is needed, to minimize the amount of spent refractories for disposal and the negative environmental effect(s).
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To obtain the UNITECR'05 Proceedings, visit www.unitecr.org. UNITECR'07 will be held in Dresden, Germany. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is December 30, 2006, and additional information can be obtained by e-mailing info@unitecr.de.
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UNITECR's e-mail Charles Semler's e-mail Charles E. Semler, Ph.D. is an independent refractories consultant serving clients worldwide. He was a Professor of Ceramic Engineering and Director of the Refractories Research Center, Ohio State University. He is a Fellow of ACerS, and also served as Vice President - International and Refractories Division Chairman. He is a Distinguished Life Member of UNITECR and received the St. Louis Refractories Award in 1995. Semler can be contact by phone (520) 577-7752 or fax (520) 577-3391.
http://www.ceramicindustry.com/articles/print/87952
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