ENGINEERED CERAMICS - An Industry Leader Engineered Ceramics has been serving the investment casting industry for more than 32 years. EC is known across the industry for high quality, cost effective refractories for melting and transfer applications. Our ladle liners, crucibles, and specialty products have satisfied customers time and time again. Our engineers are knowledgeable about the Investment Casting Industry and can help provide design concepts and ideas for your specific application. Investment Casting Metal Melting and Transfer Crucibles/ Pots Ladle Liners Tundishes Spouts Nozzles Dry Vibratable & Wet Rams Guidelines for Crucible Selection and Use High Alumina (HYcor®), Fused Silica, MOR Shock Mullite, and Spinel deliver excellent thermal shock resistance to minimize spalling and casting inclusions. These quality products are far more cost-effective to use than rammed liners. Our melting capabilities range from crucibles with 1 to 4,000 lbs. working capacity and ladle liners with capacities up to 2000 lbs.   Ladle Liners Ladle Liners provide a cost-effective alternative to traditional rammed linings. You can choose from our current size list or we can make a custom size for your application. Manufactured from the same pre-fired materials as our crucibles, refractory inclusions are reduced dramatically. Ladle liners are available in a variety of sizes and spout configurations as well as open-top and bottom-pour designs. Engineered Ceramics' unique monolithic bottom-pour ladle liner has a skimmer that is formed into the ladle walls resulting in one-piece design. Unlike other manufacturers' bottom-pour ladles, this design provides for a stronger ladle and minimizes the possibility of skimmer failures.   Specialty - Spouts Engineered Ceramics advantages offer you... Consistent Top Caps and Melt Streams Shorter Furnace Cure - out Elimination of Spalled Refractory Clean Castings Engineered Ceramics sets itself apart from the competition with its vast custom-shape capabilities. Custom spouts and integral crucibles can be tailored to your individual needs. PAK-TITE RAMS are dry vibratable ramming materials manufactured specifically for use in the installation of pre-formed alumina crucibles and ladles. PAK-TITE SILICA RAM has been engineered to ensure that crucibles and ladles are held tightly in compression which is necessary to eliminate premature cracking. Its high expansion coefficient and optimal grain size distribution provide for maximum density, minimal shifting, and easy packing of the material as it is installed between a crucible and a coil or between a ladle and its shell. PAK-TITE SPINEL RAM provides maximum protection for induction furnace coils in the event of a crucible failure. It is formulated with a blend of high quality minerals resulting in a high-alumina chemistry that forms a Magnesia-Alumina-Spinel bond upon sintering. PAK-TITE SPINEL is compatible with most alloy, carbon and stainless steels which require neutral to slightly basic refractories.