Steel Making

Are your refractory lining bricks compatible with variable steel making application conditions?

The steel making process involves several stages of thermal and chemical treatment requiring a variety of refractory linings that are compatible with many application conditions.

The steel making process represents the metallurgical sector involving the pig iron transformation into steel, its transport and refining until the molding stage. It requires several stages of thermal and chemical treatment and consequently a variety of refractory linings that are compatible with many application conditions. These linings must have excellent resistance to steel and basic slag corrosion, as well as high thermal shock and oxidation resistance. Saint-Gobain services this market with high-quality products including:

• Al₂O₃-SiC-C bricks for iron ladles
• Bricks and basic monolithics of MgO-C for BOF
• Bricks and basic monolithics of Al₂O₃-MgO-C (MAC and AMC spinel) for steel ladles
• Carbon-free lining ladle for ultra-low carbon steel and energy saving
• Complete slide gate system solution
• Isostatics for continuous casting

Saint-Gobain provide innovative solutions from project stage to refractory application offering high performance and cost reduction for sectors including:

• Electric arc furnace (EAF)
• Pig iron ladle
• Steel ladle
• Basic oxygen furnace (BOF)/Converter LD
• Continuous casting
• Slide gate system