Minteq International Inc. (MINTEQ) has had great success at improving the cost-effectiveness and availability of iron-carrying torpedo cars. This key ingredient in this equation is our world-renowned line of OPTISHOT™ shotcretes. Re-profiling the brick linings enables our customers to reduce maintenance costs and keep pace with high production demands from the Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) converter. Benefits generally available to customers include:

• Substantially increased torpedo life
• Markedly improved torpedo availability
• Reduced refractory cost
• Labor savings due to limited relining
• Extension of original brick refractory lining
• Improved temperature retention of the hot metal; lower hot face temperature of the vessel
• Overall reduction in the refractory cost per ton of iron

To realize such benefits in your own refractory setting, contact the shotcrete experts at MINTEQ for a thorough review of your torpedo fleet.