Separation of inclusions from aluminum melt
using alternating electromagnetic field
using alternating electromagnetic field
(School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University,
Shanghai 200030, China)
Shanghai 200030, China)
Abstract: Effects of processing variables such as frequency of imposed magnetic field, imposed magnetic flux density, processing time, diameter of inclusions, and value of r1/δ on the electromagnetic separating(EMS) removal efficiency were analyzed theoretically. The higher the frequency, the wider the range of r1/δ will be. Removal efficiency reaches the maximum while r1/δ ranges from 1.5 to 2. And the experimental results on aluminum melt show that higher frequency and magnetic flux density make for higher removal efficiency, matching well with the theoretical results. When f is 15.6kHz, Be is 0.1T, and imposed time is 10s, more than 80% inclusion particles with 6μm diameter can be removed.
Key words: alternating electromagnetic field; aluminum melt; inclusion; EMS; removal efficiency