PPS: Fantastic Hot Strength and Great Alkali Resistance

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Product: Plicast HyMOR APS 55 KK

Service Temperature Limit:  3050°F

Installation Method:  Casting or Pumping

Shelf Life:  6 months

Industries:  Aluminum/Non-Ferrous, Mineral Processing, Power Generation, Biomass, Boilers

Best Applications:  This material is engineered for higher temperature applications in industrial processes including:

  1. Precast Shapes – including burner cones and piers – various industries
  2. Aluminum Furnace – furnace upper walls, roofs, jambs and lintels
  3. Mineral Processing Kilns – alumina and aggregate calcining
  4. Steel/Ferrous – reheat/forge furnace jambs, lintels, sills, roof and walls
  5. Biomass Furnaces
  6. Boilers

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Product Information: Plicast® HyMOR® APS 55 KK is a very economical 56% alumina low cement castable.   This castable combines a high mullite matrix with a super duty aggregate.   Originally designed for aluminum furnace upper walls and roofs, this material has fantastic hot strength and great alkali resistance, making it ideal for a variety of industrial application.   Other product attributes include:

  • Great strength – cold and hot
  • Low abrasion loss – 10 cc per ASTM C704
  • Good volume stability and moderate thermal expansion
  • Alkali vapor resistant
  • Thermal cycling resistant

Plicast HyMOR APS 55 KK has good flow and setting characteristics allowing it to be place by vibration, casting or pumping.