METALLURGICAL GASKET

摘要

The present invention provides a gasket for forming a seal for an abutment between an inlet of a receptor (15) for receiving a flow of molten metal and an outlet nozzle (13) from a source of molten metal, said gasket comprising an expandable graphite sealing composition (5), wherein said gasket has at least one of (i) a single outlet nozzle sealing surface of said expandable graphite sealing composition (4b) which in use contacts said outlet nozzle and (ii) a single inlet sealing surface of said expandable graphite sealing composition (4a) which in use contacts the receptor inlet. The expandable graphite sealing composition (4a) which in use contacts the receptor inlet. The expandable graphite sealing composition (5) may be carried on a shaped support (6), preferably made from ceramic fibres.