Unit 5 - Ladle Life Hacks: Fluxing Agents

To Flux or Not to Flux

“To be or not to be”, is a good question, so we’re going to tell you how to “be” better when it comes to ladle life. The last thing you want to see is a ladle where the refractory has decided, “not to be”. With this issue we wrap up our ladle life series with a discussion on why - or why not - to add fluxing agents to the slag in the ladle.