Jun 30, 2021
Monoblock Stopper
Nowadays, alumina carbon monoblock stoppers are most often used, gas blowing holes or porous plug is inserted at end part of monoblock stopper. During casting, argon is blew into stopper hole, and then enters into submerged nozzle. Argon enters into steel liquid in the form of small and scattered bubbles, it can decrease the amount of agglomerated Al2O3, so it won’t deposit in subentry nozzle. To prolong the life span of monoblock stopper, end part should be made from zirconia based refractory.
Monoblock stopper physiochemical indexes
| Item | RS-SB-A | RS-SB-B | RS-SB-C | RS-SB-D | ||||
| Body | End | Body | End | Body | End | Body | End | |
| Al2O3 % ≥ | 45 | 65 | 45 | / | 45 | 50 | 45 | / |
| MgO %≥ | / | / | / | / | / | 15 | / | 60 |
| Al2O3+MgO % | / | / | / | ≥ 65 | / | / | / | / |
| SiO2 % | ≤10 | / | ≤10 | / | ≤20 | ≤5 | ≤20 | / |
| C+SiC % ≥ | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 25 | ≤20 | 25 | ≤20 |
| Crushing strength Mpa ≥ | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 15 |
| Cold modulus of rupture Mpa ≥ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| Apparent porosity % ≤ | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
| Thermal shock resistance(watering cooling, 1100℃) /times | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
RS Group has rich experience in monoblock stoppers production. Alumina carbon stoppers and magnesia carbon stoppers are most often used for the casting of various kinds of steel, such as bloom, billet, rectangular bloom, round billet, bloom slab, sheet billet and so on.
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