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The present study considers the solidification of an Al-7 wt pct Si alloy under the influence of electromagnetic melt stirring using a rotating magnetic field (RMF). The effect of a continuously applied RMF is compared with an RMF pulse sequence of alternating direction (RMF-PSAD). The resulting flow structure in a cylindrical liquid metal column has been measured by isothermal experiments using the ternary alloy GaInSn. The solidification experiments performed with the Al-7 wt pct Si alloy confirm our numerical predictions concerning the temperature field during solidification and the distribution of primary crystals and eutectic phase in the solidified samples. The application of the RMF-PSAD regime at suitable frequencies of the reversals of the magnetic field direction f P delivers an equiaxed microstructure without macrosegregation.

The use of a pulsed, rotating magnetic field (RMF) is presented as an auspicious method for obtaining an intensive stirring and mixing in a pool of liquid metal; the RMF pulses within a sequence have been applied with a constant or alternating direction. The resulting flow structure in a cylindrical liquid metal column has been explored by numerical simulations and by model experiments, using the ternary alloy GaInSn. Ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry (UDV) has been used to determine profiles of the vertical velocity. Both the numerical results and the velocity measurements demonstrate the capability of the proposed stirring regimes for overcoming the limited mixing character of conventional rotary stirring. The application of a time-modulated RMF offers considerable potential for providing an optimal flow pattern in a solidifying melt, for reasons of a well-aimed modification of casting properties.

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The use of a pulsed, rotating magnetic field (RMF) is presented as an auspicious method for obtaining an intensive stirring and mixing in a pool of liquid metal; the RMF pulses within a sequence have been applied with a constant or alternating direction. The resulting flow structure in a cylindrical liquid metal column has been explored by numerical simulations and by model experiments, using the ternary alloy GaInSn. Ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry (UDV) has been used to determine profiles of the vertical velocity. Both the numerical results and the velocity measurements demonstrate the capability of the proposed stirring regimes for overcoming the limited mixing character of conventional rotary stirring. The application of a time-modulated RMF offers considerable potential for providing an optimal flow pattern in a solidifying melt, for reasons of a well-aimed modification of casting properties.

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This paper describes model experiments with liquid metals of low melting point as an important tool to investigate the flow structure and related transport processes in melt flows being relevant for metallurgical applications. Three examples have been selected to demonstrate the benefit of such experiments, namely the electromagnetic stirring of a metallic melt in a pool, the directional solidification of AI-Si alloys under the influence of an electromagnetically driven flow and the behaviour of a liquid metal bubble plume if a vertically travelling field is applied. Results of flow measurements are presented and the relevance for metallurgical processes is discussed.