A non-wetting OXYTRON ladle for high pressure die casting, with a reusable holder for the major ladle machines.
No ladle wash, no buildup to chip off.
The ladle pours the same shot in month three as on day one.
A non-wetting ceramic auto ladle needs no coating because molten aluminum does not stick to it: there is no buildup to prevent and no iron surface to protect from the melt. DuraLadle is made of OXYTRON oxide bonded silicon carbide, which stays completely non-wetting in molten aluminum, so the ladle runs for months without coating or maintenance. A reusable metal holder fits all major auto ladle machines, and ladles cover shot sizes from 5 to 50 lb.
An auto ladle dips into the holding furnace, takes one shot of aluminum and pours it into the shot sleeve of the die casting machine, hundreds of times per shift.
Steel and cast iron ladles are wetted and attacked by molten aluminum. They are coated to keep the metal from sticking and to slow the attack, and the coating wears off with every cycle. Aluminum and oxide build up in the bowl, the shot weight drifts, and the ladle comes out for cleaning and recoating.
Every stop for the ladle is a stop for the cell.
Same machine, same shot. The difference is what happens between changes.
A ladle that aluminum does not wet has nothing to protect and nothing to clean, so the time you spent on ladle maintenance goes back to casting.
| Shot size | Metric |
|---|---|
| 5 lb | 2.3 kg |
| 8 lb | 3.6 kg |
| 10 lb | 4.5 kg |
| 12 lb | 5.4 kg |
| 15 lb | 6.8 kg |
| 17 lb | 7.7 kg |
| 50 lb | 22.7 kg |
The universal metal holder is reusable and comes with brackets for all major auto ladle machines. A ladle change means swapping the ceramic bowl in the holder, which keeps changes fast and the pour position the same.
The optional rear submerged fill port fills the ladle from clean metal below the surface, so less oxide from the bath surface ends up in the shot.
OXYTRON has been used by Blasch in molten aluminum for decades, in immersion heater tubes and other non-ferrous parts, before it became an auto ladle. Oxide bonded silicon carbide properties
DuraLadle is part of the degassing and die casting range.
Silicon carbide tubes that heat the holding furnace from inside the melt.
Porous ceramics that remove hydrogen before the metal reaches the ladle.
Smooth cast channel linings for metal transfer from melter to holding furnace.
Yes. OXYTRON is non-wetting in molten aluminum, so the ladle is used without any coating for its whole service life.
The reusable holder comes with brackets for all major auto ladle machines.
Months of service without maintenance, depending on alloy, temperature and cycle rate.
Yes. Blasch offers DuraLadle trials, so you can run one cell before changing the rest. Tell us the machine and the shot size.
Send the machine type and the shot size. A Blasch engineer proposes the ladle size and the holder brackets.
