DESIGN OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RAMS FOR THE CONTAINMENT OF METAL MELTS - APPLICATION TO THE BELT ROLL CASTING PROCESS/

The model is presented for designing electromagnetic dams for the cont ainment of metal melts. It is applied to compute side dams for the cas ting of steel strip with the belt/roll process. The electromagnetic fi eld was obtained with the mutual induction method. Optimization algori thms were applied to determine the inductor configuration and to calcu late the final shape of the melt. Experiments with Wood's metal have b een conducted demonstrating that the designed inductor functioned as p redicted.