NLMK-Kaluga has put into operation a steel-casting ladle with a new wall lining, which decreases refractory materials usage by 25%.
The ladle transports liquid steel from the furnace.
Earlier NLMK-Kaluga ladles have been lined with refractory bricks. The new technique uses liquid refractory concrete.
“We intend to save some 29.1 million rubles a year with this ladle”, the company CEO Sergey Shalyaev said.
The new lining will be used in all the 8 steel-casting ladles at the smelting shop. The project is scheduled to be completed in February 2018. (Ukrainian metal)