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This newsletter reveals how our customers can benefit from the development of their tundish process.
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We started working with the Great Place to Work team 18 months ago. Our goal was to get an honest picture of our corporate culture and our employees’ personal experiences about enjoyment at work. In this post we tell shortly about our journey so far.
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At Bet-Ker, technical support engineers are an important asset, providing support to customers on the factory floor, where steel is being made. How do you become a TSE and what does the position entail? Let us ask someone who has first-hand experience of the job.
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The tundish is the final stage in the steelmaking process when the steel is still in molten form. After the tundish, the steel is cast into a solid form. Therefore, the tundish is a very critical process in terms of the purity of the steel.
Ovako Imatra manufactures specialty steel for clients such as the automotive industry, and the company has precise purity criteria for the quality of its steel. At Imatra, the use of dry mix in tundishes was introduced in the 1990s.
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In this blog post, our Technical Support Engineer Simo Alatarvas describes his usual working day at a customer site.
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How can the quality and durability of CAS-OB bells be improved? We at Bet-ker have done some research. In this blog post, we take a peek behind the scenes and look at some of our product development secrets.
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The tundish process is the final process phase of the steel manufacturing process, during which the steel is in molten form before the continuous casting phase. In other words, the tundish process is critical for preventing the impurities of the steel before solidification.
Wear lining plays an important role in successful tundish processes. It is important to choose a tundish lining that is made from the right components, taking into account aspects such as critical impurities.
Continue reading for five practical tips on how to line the tundish with dry mix.
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