LADLE-FURNACE FACILITIES
The use of the ladle-furnace facilities provides the following:
- Metal temperature and chemistry equalizing;
- Alloying and steel refining up to the specified chemical composition;
- Final deoxidation;
- Removal of non-metallic inclusions;
- Metal desulphurizing (with sulphur content below 0.008%);
- Heating up to preset temperatures;
- Inert gas bubbling and stirring;
- Ladle metal surface protection by inert gas shrouding in order
to maintain low oxygen level in metal.