- Refractory insulation of water-cooled support structure for steel reheat furnaces
- Structure is a support grid of water-cooled pipes
- Longitudinal skids or beams
- Crossover pipe or cross ties
- Vertical posts
- Structure supports the steel product to be heated
- Product may be slab, strip, bar, billet or bloom
- Two types of reheat furnace - pusher or walking beam
- Furnace temperatures up to 1350°C
- 90%+ reduction in heat loss for insulated pipe
- New HT-Lite product out performed all competitors in recent trials
- Ongoing R & D for future improvements of Ka-Weld products