Production scale evaluation of a new design ceramic foam filter

摘要

The aluminum industry has widely accepted the standard flat furface ceramic foam filter for use in a wide range of product quality requirements.Over the past 20 years,there have been relatively few revolutionary improvements in the basic flat filte design.Vesuvius Hi- Tech Ceramics has now developed and patented a high surface area,ceramic foam filter for use in molten aluminum.A cooperative program between Reynolds Metals Corporate R&D and Vesuvius Hi-Tech Ceramics was established to investigate the performance of the Vesuvius New Wave~TM high surface area filter versus their commonly used,flat ceramic foam filter.