Method and arrangement for use in lining articles, particularly melting oven

A method of lining an article, particularly a melting oven, comprising the steps of providing a mold member with a surface having a configuration substantially corresponding to a face of the article which is to be lined;

• arranging at said surface a plurality of circumferentially adjacent flexible plate-like elements of a refractory material and connecting said elements with one another so as to form a circumferentially complete refractory member releasably surrounding said mold member;
• arranging said mold member surrounded by said refractory member, and the article relative to one another so that a space is provided intermediate said refractory member and said face of the article;
• admitting said lining substance into said space intermediate said refractory member and said face of the article;
• removing said mold member from said refractory member intact and such a manner that said refractory member remains as a support for said lining substance;
• rigidifying said lining substance located in said space intermediate said refractory member and said face of the article including sintering of said lining substance after removing said mold member solely by admitting liquid metal into the interior of said refractory member remaining in the melting oven and supporting said lining substance while the melting oven is cold and newly lined so that during sintering said liquid metal supplies heat to and exerts pressure on said lining substance;
• and using synthetic mica bonded by synthetic resin material, as the refractory material of said flexible plate-like elements, whereby the synthetic mica bonded by synthetic resin material due to its inherent low heat transmission inherently prevents said lining substance from being subjected to an instantaneous temperature shock and thereby inherently prevents the temperature of said lining substance from increasing to the point causing substantial expansion of the latter until at least after the interior of said refractory member has been filled with said liquid metal to a height sufficient for the metallostatic pressure of the liquid metal to resist such expansion.