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    ENCE GmbH
    Equipment
    Equipment for metallurgy

    Refractory Lining for Ferrous Metallurgy

    In its program, Production and Engineering Company ENCE GmbH highlights the most significant metallurgical equipment; this equipment complies with the highest international quality standards and may be offered to customers at competitive prices.

    Technical Proposal
    Periclase-carbonaceous products

    Periclase-carbonaceous products for oxygen-converter industry are elaborated for different areas of steel-making unit and operation conditions. Periclase-carbonaceous products have the following advantages: high refractory properties, high strength, higher thermal cycle and aggressive slug attack resistance.



    Chemistry
    MgO, % min 81 76 80 80 79
    C, % 11∼13 14∼18 11∼13 11∼14 13∼15
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3, min 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.98
    Apparent Porosity, %, max 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa, min 40 40 40 40 40
    Repair mixtures

    Repair mixtures are applied at hot repairs of converter trunnion, taphole and charging areas. Use of high quality raw materials and unique organic binders allows getting high rate of mixture adherence to the repaired surface and higher erosion/corrosion resistance. Good coking properties allow getting strong skull which makes converter operation life longer.



    Chemistry
    MgO, % 65 70
    C, % 12 10
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3, min (1500°C x 3 hours) 2.4 2.4
    Storage life 6 mounths 6 mounths
    Application Repair mixture Repair mixture
    Operating temperature 1750°C 1750°C
    Repair start temperature 800°C∼1200°C 800°C∼1200°C
    Taphole products made of high purity molten magnesite

    Taphole products made of high purity molten magnesite with coarse-crystalline large-scaled graphite additives as raw material and addition of special antioxidants and binders. The products are available both in divided and monolithic forms. All the products have high antioxygenic properties, good strength, higher erosion/corrosion resistance, ease of installation and long service life.



    Chemistry
    MgO, % min 80 78 80 78
    C, % 10 14 10 14
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3, min 2.95 2.95 2.90 2.90
    Apparent Porosity, %, max 4 4 5 5
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa, min 40 40 38 35
    Electric Furnace Steelmaking

    ENCE GmbH offers refractory materials for the following areas: furnace roof arch, backup lining, slag belt, hearth and banks, walls, belt and well blocks and repair mixtures.

    Periclase-carbonaceous products

    Periclase-carbonaceous products for electric furnace steelmaking are manufactured of high-density coarse-crystalline magnesite and highly purified graphite with antioxidant additives as raw material. The products are characterized as highly strong, slag resistant, thermal-resistant, and refractory and allow significantly increasing steel making unit capacity.



    Chemistry
    MgO, % min 97.5 97 95 97.5 96 97
    Al2O3, % max 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
    CaO, %, max 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Fe2O3, %, max 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4
    SiO2, %, max 0.4 0.6 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.6
    C, % min 10 10 10 14 14 12
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3, min 2.95 2.90 2.85 2.96 2.95 2.95
    Apparent Porosity, %, max 4.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.0
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa, min 35 35 30 40 35 40
    Modern arch steel furnaces

    Modern arch steel furnaces usually have monolithic small archs. ENCE GmbH supplies arch monolithic parts and monolithic archs for various furnace types destined for increase of service life. We manufacture and supply monolithic archs both in accordance with customers’ drawings and of our own design. We are also willing to supply required concretes for monolithic archs and offer technical support in arch casting on the customer’s site.



    Chemistry
    Al2O3+MgO, % Min. 80 80 90
    Al2O3+Cr2O3, % Min. 88
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3, min 2.80 2.85 3.10 3.00
    Apparent Porosity, %, max 5 10 12 6
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa, min 25 60 60 40
    Application EAF, LF EAF, LF EAF, LF EAF, VD
    Products for eccentric bottom tapping

    Products for eccentric bottom tapping are made of molten high-purity magnesite or coarse-crystalline magnesite with minimum MgO content of 98% with antioxidant and binder additives. Products for eccentric bottom tapping are manufactured separately. The products show good oxidation resistance, high strength, high erosion resistance, good durability and are easily installed.



    Chemistry
    MgO, % min 97.5 97.5 97.5 97.5
    Al2O3, % max 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
    Fe2O3, %, max 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
    CaO, %, max 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    SiO2, %, max 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
    C, % 10 14 10 14
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3, min 2.95 2.92 2.95 2.92
    Apparent Porosity, %, max 4 4 5 5
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa, min 40 40 35 35
    Periclase-chromite products

    Periclase-chromite products show excellent slag resistance, high thermal resistance, and good erosion resistance. They can be applied in AOD/VOD processes in DH/RH degassers, in non-ferrous metallurgy converters and cement kilns.



    Chemistry
    MgO, % min 65 60 60 55 50 45 45 40 46
    Cr2O3, % min 8 8 12 12 16 16 20 20 22
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Apparent Porosity, %, max 20 20 20 20 20 23 20 23 20
    (Cold Crushing Strength), MPa, min 35 30 35 30 35 30 35 30 35
    Chemistry
    MgO, % min 80 75 74 74 66 66 60 60 58 58
    Cr2O3, % 4 6 8 8 12 12 16 16 18 18
    SiO2, % 4 6 8 8 12 12 16 16 18 18
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3, min 2.0 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.5 2.0
    Apparent Porosity, %, max 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa, min 40 40 40 35 40 35 40 35 40 35
    Alumina-periclase and alumina-periclase-carbonaceous product

    ENCE GmbH alumina-periclase and alumina-periclase-carbonaceous product line is made due to use of quality bauxites as raw material and organic and inorganic resins as binders. The products are used in ladle walls, bottom and other areas; they show good corrosion resistance, cracking resistance and high strength.

    ENCE GmbH uses high-purity spinel and corundum as main raw materials and special additives and thus can offer spinel-periclase product line for steelmaking and secondary metallurgy of carbon-free steels.



    Refractory type Al2O3-MgO-C Al2O3-MgO-C Al2O3-MgO
    Chemistry
    MgO, % min 55 68 71 10 10 5
    Al2O3, % min 23 8 6 65 68 88
    C, % 8 10 10 7 7 1.5
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3, min 3.00 2.90 3.00 3.00 3.05 3.2
    Apparent Porosity, %, max 6 5 5 8 8 6
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa, min 30 35 40 40 45 75
    Steel-pouring ladles, ladles for secondary metallurgy (LF, VD, VOD).

    ENCE GmbH offers refractory materials for the following: ladle lid, heat-insulating layer, backup lining, slag-line area, walls, bottom, purging block, pouring nozzle, slide gate plates, and collector nozzles.



    Chemistry
    MgO, % min 80 78 76 76 74 74 72 70 70
    C, % 10 10 10 14 14 14 18 18 18
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3, min 2.90 2.85 2.80 2.90 2.82 2.77 2.90 2.82 2.77
    Apparent Porosity, %, max 4 5 6 4 5 6 3 4 5
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa, min 40 35 30 40 35 25 40 35 25

    ENCE GmbH can provide a complete line of periclase-carbonaceous products of high strength, slag resistance, refractoriness and heat resistance. The products are widely used in pouring ladle working lining. Optimal product forms are manufactured with consideration for individual customer’s requirements and real operation conditions of pouring ladles.

    ENCE GmbH offers the following for slide gates: slide gate plates with various carbon content (including low-carbon steel grades), corundum-based, with zirconium oxide additives for resistance improvement.

    We also manufacture and supply upper and lower nozzles for steel-tapping blocks, purging elements, taphole surroundings for purging and steel-tapping blocks which are corundum-based and contain various additives. All the products have high wear resistance.

    Products for continuous steel casting: metal protection pipe, tundish lid, tundish heat insulating layer, tundish layer, monoblock stopper, tundish bottom, walls, baffles, drop plate, well block, open and closed jet pouring metering nozzles, and submerged nozzle.

    Continuous steel-casting products are manufactured of corundum with various additives and are defined by high strength and durability. Product final chemical composition is formed in accordance both with the customer’s data and with real operation conditions.



    Monoblock stopper Body Head
    Chemistry
    Al2O3, % ≥45.0 ≥55.0 ≥75.0
    MgO, % ≥60.0
    C+SiC, % ≥25.0 ≥20.0 ≤20.0 ≥10.0
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3 ≥2.36 ≥2.44 ≥2.50 ≥2.70
    Apparent Porosity, % ≤17.0 ≤19.0 ≤18.0 ≤17.0
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa ≥16.0 ≥20.0 ≥15.0 ≥20.0
    Protection Pipe


    Metal protection pipe Body Slag area
    Operation conditions Heated Cold start Acid Main Neutral
    Chemistry
    Al2O3 % ≥40.0 ≥45.0 ≥55.0
    ZrO2 % ≥55.0
    MgO, % ≥55.0
    C+SiC, % ≥30.0 ≥20.0 ≥18.0 ≥15.0 ≥15.0
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density,
    g/cm3    		 ≥2.15 ≥2.10 ≥3.40 ≥2.50 ≥2.40
    Apparent Porosity, % ≤19.0 ≤19.0 ≤18.0 ≤18.0 ≤18.0
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa ≥18.0 ≥18.0 ≥20.0 ≥18.0
    Submerged nozzles


    Submerged nozzles Body Al2O3 Slag area Throat opening
    Operation conditions Heated Cold start Argon Other gases Carbon-free Material analogous to monoblock stopper
    Chemistry
    Al2O3 % ≥40.0 ≥45.0 ≥43.0 ≥65.0
    ZrO2 % ≥35.0 ≥75.0 ≥65.0
    C+SiC, % ≥25.0 ≥20.0 ≥20.0 ≥15.0 ≥8.0 ≥11.0 ≥15.0
    MgO, % ≥18.0
    Mechanical and physical properties
    Bulk Density, g/cm3 ≥2.25 ≥2.36 ≥2.10 ≥2.58 ≥2.65 ≥3.5 ≥3.3
    Apparent Porosity, % ≤19.0 ≤19.0 ≤25.0 ≤21.0 ≤20.0 ≤22.5 ≤20.0
    Cold Crushing Strength, MPa, min ≥19.0 ≥20.0 ≥10.0 ≥18.0 ≥18.0 ≥16.0 ≥16.0