Indigenous development of induction skull melting technology for electromagnetic processing of refractory and reactive metals and alloys. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sugilal, G.; Jha, J.; Shashikumar, ; H. Rao, M.; Banerjee, K.; K. Dey, G.
• Is Part Of: Materials today. Volume 3:Number 9(2016)Part B
• Page Start: 2942
• Page End: 2950
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: Induction skull melting -- Segmented cold crucible -- Electromagnetic processing; Materials science -- Congresses -- Periodicals; 620.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2016.09.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2214-7853

Abstract

Abstract: As a part of the indigenous development of the Induction Skull Melting (ISM) technology, a set of numerical simulations was carried out initially to arrive at the design parameters of a segmented cold crucible. Based on these parameters, an ISM facility comprising a water-cooled segmented copper crucible with in-situ casting module, induction heating power supply system, cooling water recirculation system, vacuum chamber with vacuum delivery system and associated instrumentation & control units was built. The ISM facility was successfully tested for melting and homogenizing different metals and alloys.