Developing a Hot-Mode Experimental Apparatus for Property Investigations of Electromagnetic Stirring System

In order to produce high-quality steel products, the electromagnetic stirring (EMS) systems have been extensively applied in the continuous casting process of those integrated steel-making industries. Although the operational principles of such facilities are well established and extensively applied, demonstrations of actual stirring effects on molten metal are always desired for relative investigations. A hot-mode experimental apparatus of electromagnetic stirring system with liquid zinc has been successfully developed and established in the laboratory and the exhibited phenomena have confirmed the requirements for electromagnetic stirring applications. The performances of the experimental apparatus are further confirmed by detail 3-D finite element analyses (FEA). With such a well-constructed appliance, the relative variables of operational conditions can be thoroughly investigated, and the characteristics of such EMS facilities can be conveniently realized.