{"id":15891,"date":"2016-06-17T09:26:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T09:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aegean-perlites.com\/?page_id=15891"},"modified":"2016-06-23T08:29:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T08:29:44","slug":"foundry-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/foundry-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundry technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;ns_text&#8221;]<span lang=\"en-US\">Raw perlite is used as slag coagulant in foundries that their process requests such material (steel, iron, etc). It can be used in molten metal pouring ladles and in continuous induction furnaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">It forms a lightweight, viscous, cellular mass. This mass attracts all individual slag particles in the metal, coagulates impurities and floats them up to the slag layer. By this way it also prevents retention or re-entry of impurities into the metal bath and virtually eliminates the slag inclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Main advantages of perlite in foundry:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">Coagulates slag and traps impurities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">Simplifies ladle skimming and removal of slag<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">Acts as an insulation barrier<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">Reaction with melt produces no smoke or fume of health hazards<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">Surface effect is mild and not violent.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;15892&#8243; img_size=&#8221;300&#215;300&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;15893&#8243; img_size=&#8221;300&#215;300&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;ns_text&#8221;]Raw perlite is used as slag coagulant in foundries that their process requests such material (steel, iron, etc). It can be used in molten metal pouring ladles and in continuous induction furnaces. It forms a lightweight, viscous, cellular mass. This mass attracts all individual slag particles in the metal, coagulates impurities and floats them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15891"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16034,"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15891\/revisions\/16034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}