The major roles of the Ladle Shroud :

• To protect the steel stream from re-oxidation between the ladle and tundish
• To introduce the steel into the tundish with minimum risk of tundish powder entrapment

These roles are essential for most of the steel grades and steel applications.
HYRE teams combine their respective skills and experience in material selection and refractory design to offer a wide range of custom-tailored Ladle Shrouds and Gaskets that can fit each steel producer’s needs.

The HYRE serial ladle shrouds are ISO-pressed Al₂O₃-C based products, featuring superior thermal resistance to erosion/corrosion, oxidation, and thermal cycling, etc. They are easy to install, and preheating is unnecessary. HYRE has supplied ladle shrouds for decades to customers worldwide, proving reliable performance and long casting life.

A slide gate plate is a key refractory component in a slide gate system used in the steelmaking industry to precisely control the flow rate of molten steel from a ladle to a tundish or crystallizer. Made from high-strength, corrosion-resistant refractory materials like alumina-carbon or alumina-zirconia-carbon, it must withstand extreme temperatures and molten metal contact, allowing for safe, adjustable, and even emergency stop control of the steel flow during continuous casting.