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TUNDISH SLIDE GATE PLATES
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A full range of plates has been designed to fit the VESUVIUS family of Tundish Slide Gate Systems and the majority of additional Systems available worldwide. Working in conjunction with VESUVIUS Systems engineering, we offer optimised refractory designs for all steel plant operations.
We offer a full range of zirconia-inserted plates for casting long sequences of the most aggressive steel grades. Zirconia provides maximum erosion resistance to minimize plate wear and maximize performance.
Plate design features, where required, include argon injection into the bore and argon sealing between plates to minimize bore clogging and air aspiration maximizing performance and steel quality.
 Advancing Technology
The relationships between clogging, argon injection and air aspiration are complex, and operations have shown that stopping all aspiration between the plates does not entirely eliminate alumina deposits in the flow channel.
Through the application of modelling and simulation technologies, the influence of various flow phenomena associated with the flow from tundish-to-mould, slidegate operation and the impact of these phenomena on clogging in the entire flow channel have been uncovered.
As a result of these studies, a rethinking of tundish gate configuration has occurred and an innovative "offset bore" design has been developed to improve flow control, greatly retard clogging and enhance product quality.
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