US3695604A - Refractory lining for the floor of metallurgical vessels - Google Patents

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US3695604A
US3695604A US147037A US3695604DA US3695604A US 3695604 A US3695604 A US 3695604A US 147037 A US147037 A US 147037A US 3695604D A US3695604D A US 3695604DA US 3695604 A US3695604 A US 3695604A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B14/00—Crucible or pot furnaces
    • F27B14/08—Details specially adapted for crucible or pot furnaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D41/00—Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
    • B22D41/02—Linings
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C21C7/00—Treating molten ferrous alloys, e.g. steel, not covered by groups C21C1/00 - C21C5/00
    • C21C7/10—Handling in a vacuum
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B14/00—Crucible or pot furnaces
    • F27B14/08—Details specially adapted for crucible or pot furnaces
    • F27B14/10—Crucibles
    • F27B2014/102—Form of the crucibles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D1/00—Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs
    • F27D1/04—Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs characterised by the form, e.g. shape of the bricks or blocks used
    • F27D1/045—Bricks for lining cylindrical bodies, e.g. skids, tubes

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  • ABSTRACT A refractory lining for the floor of a metallurgical vessel wherein the floor slopes down to a central or ec- Wiesbaden, Germany [22] Filed: May 26, 1971 centrically offset outlet.
  • the floor is divided into a plurality of sectors radiating from the center of the [21] Appl' l47037 outlet orifice. Each sector has a plurality of courses having the same angular size.
  • the left and right hand [30] Foreign Application Priority Data edges of each sector are formed by straight courses of bricks and a brick is aligned across the width of each June 13, 1970 Germany..........P 2O 29 245.9
  • the invention relates to a lining for the floor of metallurgical vessels, particularly of vessels used for degassing steel melts, in which the floor slopes towards a central or eccentrically offset outlet orifice surrounded by edging bricks backed by further brick courses.
  • the floors of metallurgical vessels frequently slope down towards an outlet orifice so that the melt can easily flow out.
  • the vessel floors particularly in vessels for degassing steel, have a spherical or conical surface.
  • the surface is formed by consecutive concentric courses of bricks.
  • the construction of the several courses of a conical bottom requires bricks that are wedge-shaped in two different directions, namely tangentially and vertically to the surface of the floor (so-called wedge shapes).
  • bricks must be used which also have arcuate ends (so-called radial bricks).
  • the inner courses are formed exclusively from radial bricks, whereas the outer courses that are laid on a larger diameter are increasingly constructed of wedge-shaped bricks.
  • the refractory material of the bricks for the wearing lining of the floor of vessels for degassing steel is generally a high grade sinter magnesia and fused magnesia.
  • This generally conventional method of lining the floors of steel degassing vessels calls for the provision of a large number of bricks of different shapes in addition to the edging bricks for forming the orifice. Moreover, the necessary radial bricks can be produced only in the form of rammed bricks, a circumstance which adversely affects their specific gravity. Apart from the laborious process of making the bricks the lining of the floor is itself a difficult and protracted operation. It involves keeping the joints in the individual brick arches as well as between them as tight as possible. The wear resistance and density of the bricks as well as the tightness of the joints in the vessel floor are important factors in determining the life and availability of steel degassing vessels. These requirements are difficult to fulfil and cannot be really satisfactorily met by hitherto conventional methods of lining.
  • the invention proposes to divide the lining of the floor into sectors of equal angular size converging and forming planes descending towards the center of the outlet orifice, said sectors consisting of an edging brick and wedge-shaped bricks that define the left and right hand sides of each sector, whereas the space between the latter is filled with square bricks, the edging bricks having sides conforming with the divergence angle of the sectors and the side faces of the wedge-shaped bricks forming the sector sides being inclined at an angle determined by the number and slope of the sectors.
  • a floor lining of this form of construction requires a minimum number of shapes which can be laid to a simple pattern.
  • a floor lining according to the invention also exhibits more satisfactory properties with regard to expansion than conventional arrangements consisting of concentric brick rings. This is due to the fact that under the influence of thermal expansion entire blocks of bricks can slide along linear joints, the risk of joints opening by arching between consecutive courses being minimized.
  • the floor lining should preferably be so designed that the face of the edging brick (rear face) which is backed by the associated sector is perpendicular to the surface of the sector and that the faces of the joints between consecutive courses of a sector are parallel to said rear face. This arrangement assists in stabilizing the brickwork besides ensuring tightness of the joints.
  • the short edges facing the outlet orifice of the wedge-shaped bricks according to the invention are equal in length to half the length of the upper edge of the rear face of the edging brick.
  • the square bricks between the wedge-shaped bricks should all be of the same dimensions, and increase in number by one brick from course to course from the inside outwards. This arrangement permits the number of joints in the particularly critical region of the edging bricks to be limited and the total number of different shapes to be small.
  • Each straight course of bricks preferably consists of at least a pair of wedge shaped bricks defining the left and right hand sides of the sector, the faces of the wedge shaped bricks which face inwardly being parallel to each other.
  • the outside faces of the wedge shaped bricks defining the sides of the sectors are also preferably inclined at an angle determined by the number and slope of the sectors so that the outside faces of adjoining sectors are in contact with each other.
  • the outlet orifice is preferably surrounded by edging bricks each of which conform to the sector with which they are in contact, the sides of the edging bricks conforming with the divergence angle of the sector.
  • FIG. 1 is part of the floor of a vacuum vessel in plan
  • FIG. 2 is across section of the same part of the floor and a FIG. 3 is an exploded view of bricks in two consecu' tive courses.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 a vessel having a sheet metal shell 1 is provided with a refractory lining forming its floor which contains an eccentrically offset outlet orifice 2.
  • This orifice is surrounded by edging bricks 3 which are backed by further brick courses 4.
  • the lining of the floor is divided into sectors 5 of equal angular size radiating from the center of the outlet orifice 2.
  • the side face 6 of the edging bricks 3 conform with the angle of divergence of the sectors 5.
  • the brick courses 4 each comprise a left and right hand wedge-shaped brick 7 and 8 and parallel sided bricks 9. In each sector the number of bricks 9 increases by one from course to course 4 from the inside outwards.
  • the length of the short edge 10 facing the orifice at the floor surface is equal to half the length of the upper edge of the rear face 1 l of the edging brick 3.
  • the space which remains between the sheet metal shell 1, the insulating and permanent lining l2 and the portion of the refractory floor lining formed by the brick sectors 5 is filled with a refractory composition 13.
  • the side wall of the vessel is built up on the floor and extends inwards to the circle 14 indicated by a dot-dash line in FIG. 1.
  • the vessel floor slopes at a constant angle downwards to the outlet orifice 2 and each sector 5 is flat.
  • the edging bricks 3 surrounding the eccentrically located orifice 2 have a rear face 15 which is perpendicular to the surface of the floor.
  • the joints 16 between the several brick courses 4 are all parallel to the rear face 15.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the disposition of a left-hand wedge-shaped brick 7 and a right-hand wedge-shaped brick 8 in a course 4 lacking a brick 9 as well as the disposition of the two wedge-shaped bricks in the next course flanking an interposed brick 9.
  • the side faces 17 of the wedge-shaped bricks defining the sector edges are inclined at an angle determined by the number of sectors 5 and their angle of slope.
  • the lining of the floor of the vessel begins at the completed annulus of edging bricks 3 around which consecutive courses 4 of the sectors 5 are laid in rings.
  • the bricks 7 to 9 which represent the wearing lining of the floor are laid on the permanent lining and any difference in height is made good in conventional manner by inserting a basic composition under the floor thus packing up the floor.
  • the number of sectors 5 is in principle arbitrary. However, their number should be chosen in accordance with the desired shape of floor and the size of the shapes that are to be used. It would thus be advisable to divide the floor into 16 sectors 5 if the diameter of the outlet orifice is of the order of say 300 mm.
  • the preferred refractory materials are pressed and fired bricks of high-grade sinter magnesia and fused magnesia which may be ground to an exact fit after they have been fired.
  • a refractory lining for the floor of a metallurgical vessel wherein the floor slopes down to a central or eccentrically offset outlet comprising a floor divided into a plurality of sectors radiating from the center of the outlet orifice, each sector having a plurality of courses having the same angular size, the left and right hand edges of each sector being formed by straight courses of bricks and a brick aligned across the width of each sector adjacent said outlet.
  • each straight course of bricks comprises at least a pair of wedge shaped bricks defining the left and right hand sides 0 each sector and the faces of the wedgeshaped bricks which face inwardly being parallel to each other.
  • a refractory floor lining as claimed in claim 3 in which the outside faces of the wedge-shaped bricks defining the sides of the sectors are inclined at an angle determined by the number and slope of the sectors so that the outside faces of adjoining sectors are in contact with each other.
  • a refractory floor lining as claimed in claim 1 in which said outlet orifice is surrounded by edging bricks each of which conform to the sector with which they are in contact, the sides of the edging bricks conforming with the divergence angle of the sector.
  • a refractory lining for the floor of metallurgical vessels wherein the floor slopes down towards a central or eccentrically offset outlet orifice comprising edging bricks forming said orifice, courses of bricks backing said edging bricks, said lining being divided into sectors of equal angular size converging and forming planes descending towards said outlet orifice, an edging brick and wedge-shaped bricks defining the left and right hand sides of each sector, square bricks between said wedge-shaped bricks, said edging brick having sides conforming with the divergence angle of the sector and the side faces of the wedge-shaped bricks forming the sector sides being inclined at an angle determined by the number and slope of the sectors.
  • a refractory floor lining as claimed in claim 6 in which the rear of said edging brick is perpendicular to the surface of the sector and the faces of the joints between consecutive courses in a sector are parallel to said rear face of said edging brick.
  • a refractory lining as claimed in claim 6 in which the short edge of said wedge-shaped bricks facing said outlet orifice at the floor surface is equal in length to half the length of the upper edge of the rear face of said edging brick.
  • a refractory floor lining as claimed in claim 6 in which the square bricks between the wedge-shaped bricks are all of the same dimensions and increase in number by one brick from course to course from the inside outwards.

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