Continuous casting, ladle metallurgy, vacuum degassing, secondary refining — steel and ferrous production runs hot, corrosive and abrasive. Anderman supplies the alumina-graphite, zirconia-graphite, mullite and SiC refractories that handle the steelmaking chain, plus the high-purity alumina and quartz used in specialty alloy R&D.
From submerged-entry nozzles to ladle slide-gate plates, tundish stoppers and immersion thermocouples — the full continuous-casting and ladle-met refractory chain from one specifier.
Heat-on-heat consistency in grade, dimension and performance. Our customers run kpi against pieces-per-tonne and heats-per-set; we specify accordingly.
Refractory shapes up to multi-tonne block sizes through partner manufacturing — sized for tundish, ladle and reheat-furnace service, not just smaller mill components.
Submerged-entry nozzles (alumina-graphite, ZrO₂-graphite), tundish stoppers, slide-gate plates and ladle shrouds run in direct contact with molten steel at 1500–1650 °C with active slag and oxygen chemistry. Anderman supplies the carbon-bonded and oxide refractories used through the continuous-casting chain, with both standard grades and customer-specific shapes.
Argon-stirring plug rods, alloy-injection lances, ladle-bottom porous plugs and immersion thermocouples in ladle metallurgy face the most aggressive service in the plant. Mullite-bonded and high-alumina sheaths protect thermocouple junctions; specialty grades for porous plugs control gas flow rate against slag attack.
Reheat furnace and forge-shop refractories — burner tips, thermocouple sheaths, refractory hangers, soaking-pit components — use SiC for burners, mullite and alumina for thermocouple protection, and structured refractory hangers for billet and bloom support. Lower-temperature roller bearings and guides use steatite and alumina.
Vacuum melting of specialty alloys, single-crystal turbine alloys and superalloys uses dense alumina (EA999) crucibles, hearth liners and stirring components — chosen for purity, vacuum compatibility and minimal melt contamination. Quartz handles lower-temperature high-purity melts.
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Tell us your machine type, steel grades, slag chemistry and target life. We'll specify the right grade across SEN, stopper, slide gate, sheath or vacuum component — and route supply through the right partner.
