INTOCAST AG · Ratingen, Germany · since 1979

Experts on fire.

Refractories, casting auxiliaries, well filler and equipment engineering for the steel industry. A group of experts at 31 sites in 11 countries.

Liquid steelref.

1,700

°C ref.

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Scroll · follow the steel

The process · where INTOCAST works

Converter & electric arc furnace

Where steel is made

Mag-carbon bricks line the converter and the EAF. INFINITY and ULTIMAX maintenance products keep the lining in service; BOF and EAF manipulators from INTOCAST equipment engineering do the work at the vessel.

RefractoriesMag-carbon bricks for BOF / EAF
RefractoriesINFINITY & ULTIMAX maintenance products
Equipment EngineeringBOF & EAF manipulators
CARBOOXFree-opening of EAF gates

The ladle

Carries the steel from the furnace to the caster

The ladle lining is INTOCAST territory: mag-carbon, dolomite and AMC bricks, hybrid linings with self-flowing and thixotropic materials. Well filler keeps the slide gate free-opening, MAPEKO burners preheat the ladle before the next heat.

RefractoriesLadle linings: mag-carbon, dolomite, AMC, hybrid
Well FillerWell filler
Equipment EngineeringWell filler feeder
MAPEKOHeaters & burners for preheating
DOLOMITE FRANCHIDolomite refractories
CARBOOXFree-opening of ladle gates

The tundish

The buffer of hot metal between ladle and mould

Tundish linings and the Endless Recycling System come from INTOCAST, the FOEHN® soft drying system from MAPEKO, isostatic refractories from EXUS. SAPOTECH machine vision watches the process.

RefractoriesTundish linings
RefractoriesEndless Recycling System
MAPEKOTundish Soft Drying System FOEHN®
EXUSIsostatic refractories
SAPOTECHMachine vision

Mould & continuous casting

Where the strand is born

SYNTHERM casting powders and granules form the slag film between the water-cooled copper mould and the steel, for slabs, billets, blooms, beam blanks and thin slabs. Granule and powder feeders dose them; ALSICAL produces the granulated fluxes, HAMAG supplies slag conditioners and insulation.

Casting AuxiliariesSYNTHERM casting powders & granules
Equipment EngineeringGranule & powder feeders
ALSICALGranulated casting fluxes
HAMAGSlag conditioners & insulation
SLOVMAGFired basic bricks

Bath during the blowref.

1,700

°C approx., ref.

Converter chargeref.

400

t up to, ref.

Conversionref.

min less than, ref.

Four product areas

When it comes to heat, with us you are at the right place.

Refractories

Steel, heat treatment, foundry, blast furnace & coke plant, cement, lime & paper, aluminium, boiler plants.

Casting Auxiliaries

Continuous casting, ingot casting, insulation, slag conditioners.

Well Filler

Free-opening of the ladle slide gate.

Equipment Engineering

BOF & EAF manipulators, granule and powder feeders, heaters & burners, well filler feeder.

The Intocast Group of Experts

Fire is not an element. It's a passion.

The experts on shaped and unshaped dolomite refractories.
Refractory products for the global steel industry since 1919.
The experts on free-opening processes in ladle and EAF gates.
More than 30 years of research and development.
The experts in isostatics.
The most modern production facility for isostatic refractories in Europe.
The experts on innovative preheating.
Industrial burners, more than 1,700 installed machines in five decades.
The trading experts on mineral raw materials, slag conditioners and thermal insulation.
Insulating covers and slag conditioners for desulphurisation.
The experts on granulated casting fluxes.
20,000 tons of granulated casting fluxes per year.
The trading experts on refractory products.
Isostatically pressed and cast components, MgO-C bricks for EAF, converters and ladles.
The experts on machine vision solutions.
Image processing and deep-learning defect detection for metal production.
The experts on fired bricks.
Fired magnesite, magnesia spinel and magnesia chrome bricks.