Plicast Al-Tuff 3100 Special KK
Product: Plicast Al-Tuff 3100 Special KK
Product #: 16524
Service Temperature Limit:
Aluminum Contact – 1700°F
Non-Contact – 3100°F
Installation Method: Casting or Pumping
Shelf Life: 6 months
Industries: Aluminum
Best Applications: Engineered for field cast and precast shape applications in aluminum melting and holding furnaces, these include:
- Hearths
- Division/hot walls
- Lower sidewalls
- Ramps
- Sills
- Jambs
- Ladles
- Troughs and runners
- Vortex block
Plibrico TDS Link – https://plibri.co/3cQkhTz
Product Information: Plicast® Al-Tuff® 3100 Special KK has been Plibrico’s best-selling castable for standard aluminum contact applications since its introduction in 1982. Based on a mullite aggregate and a mullite / alumina, aluminum resistant matrix, Plicast Al-Tuff 3100 Special KK was the first successful low cement, non-wetting castable to be widely applied in aluminum furnaces of all types and all segments … from secondary to die cast. In addition to excellent physical attributes, this high strength material possesses the same versatile flow characteristics typical of Plibrico’s low cement castable offerings. Plicast Al-Tuff 3100 Special KK product characteristics include:
- Superior resistance to aluminum wetting and penetration
- Excellent hot and cold strength
- Low abrasion loss < 7cc per ASTM C704
- Good volume stability
- Excellent thermal cycling and fracture resistance
- Resistant to aluminum fluxes
Very versatile, Plicast Al-Tuff 3100 Special has flow characteristics that allow it to be placed by vibration cast, cast or even pumped.
Available Internationally As: Plico® Castable A-T 3100
Plibrico SDS Link – https://plibri.co/33mcNoc