BRKS Scientific & Educational Abbreviation

Breaks

An accident caused by the failure of the walls of the hearth of the blast furnace, resulting in liquid iron or slag (or both) flowing uncontrolled out of the blast furnace. A Caster breakout involves the solidification from liquid steel to a cast product where the outer skin tears creating a casting failure in the mold or a segment. or Creases or ridges usually in "un tempered" or in aged material where the yield point has been exceeded.