Copper Shaft System
Copper Metals
Copper Shaft System
Allied’s products serve all components of this complex system, from the shaft furnaces to the metering boxes.
| Area | Top Products |
|---|---|
| Copper Shaft Furnace | |
| Impact Zone | DURALAST SIC – Nitride Bonded SiC Brick METAL-ROK® ARMORMAX® 28 SiC |
| Lining | DURALAST SIC – Nitride Bonded SiC Brick MT-SC-85 SiC Mortar – Mortar for laying SiC brick. |
| Backup Lining | CAST 2800 – Castable backup for vertical section; behind impact brick. DRI-VIBE® 972CSF – Dry Vibratable Backup TUFFCRETE® 28 SIC Z – Backup castable for conical section; below metal line. |
| Subhearth Support / Subhearth | TUFF-FLO 50 – LC Castable for precast Subhearth Supports and precast Subhearth. |
| Burner Blocks | DURALAST SIC – Precast Nitride Bonded SiC Shape |
| Upper Launder | |
|---|---|
| Working Lining | TUFFCRETE® 80 SIC – Field cast or Precast TUFFCRETE® 28 SIC Z – Field cast or Precast Field cast or Precast GT30CR – Field cast or Precast Field cast or Precast GT50CR – Field cast or Precast Field cast or Precast Nitride Bonded SiC Brick |
| Spout | TUFFCRETE® 60 SiC – Precast |
| Slag Trap | |
|---|---|
| Working Lining | TUFFCRETE® 28 SIC Z – Cast ARMORMAX® 28 SIC – Cast GT30CR – Cast GT50CR – Cast DURALAST SIC – Nitride Bonded SiC Brick |
| Holding Furnace | |
|---|---|
| Working Lining | DURALAST SIC – Nitride Bonded SiC Brick MT-SC-85 SiC Mortar – Mortar for laying SiC brick. |
| Exit Spout | TUFFCRETE® 60 SIC – Precast Cylinder LITE KASTITE 3000 – Insulating castable backup |
| Lower Launder | |
|---|---|
| Working Lining | GT30CR – High chrome if oxygen is being injected LCF316CR – High chrome if oxygen is being injected TUFF-FLO 80 SIC – Field cast or Precast shapes TUFFCRETE® 28 SIC Z – Field cast or Precast shapes DURALAST SIC – Nitride Bonded SiC Brick |
| Metering Box | |
|---|---|
| Working Lining | TUFFCRETE® 28 SIC Z – Cast TUFFCRETE® 60 SIC – Cast ARMORMAX® 28 SIC – Cast DURALAST SIC – Nitride Bonded SiC Brick |
| Stopper Rods & Nozzles | |
|---|---|
| Stopper Rods | Hagenburger Stopper Rods – Isostatically pressed graphitized Alumina |
| Nozzles | TUFFCRETE® 60 SiC |
| Tundish | |
|---|---|
| Working Lining | DURALAST SIC – Nitride Bonded SiC Brick ARMORMAX® 28 SIC – Cast TUFFCRETE® 60 SIC – Cast |