Ladles Acetarc Bottom Pouring for steel are all built to our Workhorse specification; this is to accommodate the elevated temperature that steel is sometimes cast at. For the ladle that is in production over an extended period Acetarc produce an Air-vented centre band version.
The Air-vented band version has the Centre band and Trunnions spaced off the main body of the ladle, this creates an air gap which air can pass through, thus stopping heat transfer to the Trunnions and Gear Box.
Bottom pour ladles
The Workhorse & Essex heavy-duty ladle designs can be fitted with a bottom pour gear assembly for slag free tapping of the metal from the base of the ladle.Bottom pour gear ladles incorporate a number of modifications to the basic heavy-duty ladle design: 
The ladle is fitted with a detachable nozzle box in the base of the ladle.
The ladle has three feet added to the base of the ladle, to give clearance on the nozzle box.
The ladle shell sizes are adjusted to ensure that the working capacity is maintained, even when >the displacement of the stopper rod refractory sleeve is taken into account.
The stopper rod and nozzle box are usually designed to suit Vesuvius refractories but
can be made to suit other manufacturer’s equipment on request.
The articulated bottom pour gear can have the operating lever set to be used over a 180º
degree radius and is also fitted with locking bars to keep the stopper rod closed whilst
the ladle is being transported.
On larger ladles two bottom pour gear assemblies can be fitted if required. As seen in the picture, with two operator casting in to the same mould.
