Powder Fluxes

Overview

Powder fluxes are affordable blends of salts designed to improve molten aluminium alloy cleanliness, reduce dross metal content, sustain furnace cleanliness and generate high-quality casts. Pyrotek offers many recipes and can produce customized blends as needed.

Pyrotek Offerings

Pyrotek's Pyroflux series of powder fluxes contain a variety of recipes and designs. The recipes span a range of temperatures and applications and are utilized for processes involving aluminium, aluminium alloys, copper, and zinc. Pyrotek has several Pyroflux manufacturing plants worldwide that supply global customers and provide products to meet their specifications. To learn more about each Pyroflux offered, see the resources section at the bottom of the page.

Pyroflux Applications

  • Dross drying
  • Covering
  • Inclusion cleaning
  • Wall cleaning
  • Chip melting

Considerations when choosing recipe

  • Metal/furnace operation temperature
  • Alloy chemistry or type of metal used
  • Flux addition technique

 

Powder Flux