Crude steel production begins with the reduction process, where the iron ore reacts with carbon sources inside the blast furnace. The blast furnace requires different types of refractory products with resistance to thermo-mechanical and thermo-chemical reactions.

Steelmaking

The steelmaking process, where molten iron becomes solid steel, involves several stages of thermal and chemical treatment requiring 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 innovative refractories solutions that present high performances and contribute to enhanced steel quality.

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Electric Arc Furnace (EAF)

The Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) is an essential tool for the re-processing of steel scrap, helping reduce the steel industry’s carbon footprint. This extremely aggressive process requires a large quantity of high quality refractories. Bricks and monolithics from Saint-Gobain Performance Ceramics & Refractories are manufactured using carefully selected raw materials and stringently controlled processes in order to ensure resistance, quality and safety.
The Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) is an essential tool for the re-processing of steel scrap, helping reduce the steel industry’s carbon footprint. This extremely aggressive process requires a large quantity of high quality refractories.

Bricks and monolithics from Saint-Gobain Performance Ceramics & Refractories are manufactured using carefully selected raw materials and stringently controlled processes in order to ensure resistance, quality and safety.
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High fused magnesia quality
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High oxidation resistance