Step 1: Beneficiation
Primary Method: Spiral Separation – The ground ore is mixed with water to form a slurry. This slurry is fed into spiral concentrators.
Step 2: Drying and Roasting/Calcining
Step 3: Cooling, Screening, and Packaging
Cooling Screening (Grading): Packaging:
Key Characteristics of the Final Chromite Sand
High Melting Point: ~1,850°C, making it ideal for casting steel and high-alloy metals. High Thermal Conductivity: Promotes faster cooling of castings. Excellent Thermal Stability: Resists thermal shock and penetration by molten metal. Good Resistance to Basic Slags: Chemically inert in contact with molten steel.
Main Applications
Foundry Industry: Used as a molding sand for large steel castings and high-alloy castings to prevent burn-on and penetration defects. Refractory Industry: A key raw material for manufacturing magnesia-chrome bricks used in steelmaking furnaces and cement kilns.
