Using microtherm microporous insulation in smelter applications

From: JOM | Date: February 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Microtherm is effective in reducing shell temperatures in confined spaces where compression is severe and much insulation is required. This material can prove beneficial for applications such as cement and lime rotary kiln transition and hot zones; copper converters and anode furnaces; steel and iron ladles, tundishes, RH vessels, and blast furnaces; and aluminum filter boxes, runners, and metal transporters.

Microtherm is a microporous, high-- temperature insulating material composed of submicrometer-sized silica and titania powders pressed into a flat panel and contained in a fiberglass ...

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