Objective
Aluminium foundries and refiners plants face problems of refractory linings resistance. The current refractories (either castables or bricks) used in linings can be wetted, reduced and corroded by the molten that can reduce drastically the performance of the finished products and induce a lot of maintenance: 1. The metal is not clean; it contains solid and very hard inclusions. So, metal cannot be rolled correctly or casting parts have defects and cannot be used. 2. This corrosion leads to a premature ageing of the refractory and consequently to the need of more frequent and costly maintenance operations. The production can be stopped at any time. The aim of the project is to avoid all these problems due to the poor quality of the linings and to develop a new generation of refractories for aluminium casting with in- situ ceramic bound formation that will: * increase the durability and thus the life span of the refractory lining, * reduce the maintenance costs, * avoid macrocracks, *reduce the pollution of inclusions in the liquid aluminium alloys, *improve the design of finished products (thin rolling, etc.), *reduce production losses, * be thermally shock resistant, * be easy to implement in the furnace at a low temperature (less than 1 000øC). Several ceramic precursors and cement-free formulations will be developed and tested. The best ones will be mixed to obtain the refractory product. The new refractory will be qualified in laboratory scale, special attention will be paid to resistance to corrosion and thermal shocks and then implemented in aluminium foundries for industrial evaluation. The final result will be: * an enhanced quality refractory castables for aluminium casting * a more reliable production of aluminium for end-users The main claimed innovative aspect of the project is the development of a new generation of refractory castables, with a in-situ ceramic bond formation phase formed at low temperature (around 900øC), for aluminium casting. This project is included in the Brite Euram programme. The subject covered by the proposal is included in area 2.1.1 S and 2.1.3 S.
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69290 Saint Genis Les Ollières
France
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