All crucibles, alumina, magnesia and zirconia to name a few, are manufactured in Capital's own modern purpose-built facility in the Czech Republic where we press, cast and fire various materials into crucibles.
Capital Refractories is able to supply a full range of isostatically pressed crucibles from 2 kg capacity to 75 kg, in different grades and qualities. We use a state-of-the-art semi-automated cold isostatic press. Cold isostatic pressing applies pressure to the workpiece in all directions producing products of uniform density.
The advantages of Isostatically Pressed Crucibles are:
Crucibles are produced by vibration casting (vibrocast) when the required size or shape is uneconomical or impractical by the isopressing production method.
Capital Refractories can offer a range of vibration cast crucibles, including T-Pot Ladles:
Benefits
Complex shapes, e.g. internal pouring siphon
To complement our range of crucibles we also offer numerous ancillary products and materials used within the investment and related foundry industries.
Quality | Quality | Description |
Alumina | ..... | General purpose crucible with good resistance to acidic and basic slags. |
..... | AL97I | Superior erosion resistance |
..... | AL88I | Improved thermal shock resistance |
Chrome Alumina | ..... | Chrome-enriched crucible has high resistance to slags. Preferred to alumina in more arduous applications |
..... | CA93I | Superior erosion resistance |
..... | CA84I | Improved thermal shock resistance |
..... | CA91I | Specially formulated to withstand the most severe thermal shock applications |
Quality | Al2O3 | SiO2 | Fe2O3 | Cr2O3 |
Alumina AL97I | 97.5 | 1.6 | <0.1 | - |
Alumina AL88I | 88.5 | 9.4 | 0.2 | - |
Chrome Alumina CA93I | 93.4 | 2.2 | <0.1 | 3.6 |
Chrome Alumina CA84I | 84.3 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
Chrome Alumina CA91I | 91.5 | 2.2 | <0.1 | 5.3 |
Quality | Bulk Density / g cm-3 | Apparent Porosity / % | Thermal Excpansion / x10-6 K-1 | Thermal Conductivity / W m-1 K-1 | Maximum Service Temperature / °C |
Alumina AL97I | 2.95 | 23.8 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 1700 |
Alumina AL88I | 2.59 | 23.8 | 8.0 | 4..2 | 1700 |
Chrome Alumina CA93I | 3.05 | 23.0 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 1800 |
Chrome Alumina CA84I | 2.85 | 20.0 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 1730 |
Chrome Alumina CA91I | 3.10 | 21.5 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 1800 |