Tower melting furnaces are common bulk melting tools used in aluminium foundries. VESUVIUS is a major supplier to the primary and secondary aluminium industry sectors and as such is able to offer a vast array of products and technologies to the aluminium foundries.

VESUVIUS has an extensive range of aluminium resistant products. The ALUGARD range of materials includes specifically developed materials designed to resist erosion and impact damage through charging whilst retaining excellent non-wetting properties. ALUGARD products minimise the potential for corundum formation and growth in aluminium and associated alloy applications.

• ALUGARD: high strength aluminium resistant low cement castables for the charge-melt tower
• CRITERION: high strength low cement castables for the charge-melt tower, walls and doors
• ALUGARD: high alumina non-wetting low cement castables for the holding chamber bath
• 85-RAM HS moldable and CERCAST high alumina castable for the burner quarls
• CRITERION, CERCAST and 85-RAM HS for the roofs
• INSULATION and SAFETY LININGS in brick and monolithic