This year, Aluminium International Today (AIT) published a series of Pyrotek articles on the processes, techniques and equipment used in Furnace Building and Repair, Furnace Melt Treatment, Degassing, Filtration, Slab and Continuous Sheet Casting. We have detailed the metal process path from the furnace to the casting process in order to demonstrate clearly why each of the various stages is necessary to achieve a final, desired metal quality designed to meet or exceed the end-customer's expectations. This article is the last one in the series, addressing the casting of Billet in a Vertical Direct Chill (VDC) Pit.
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