Patent ID: 9550232
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B01F,B22D

Claim:
1. An electromagnetic stirring apparatus for storing melted metallic materials inside of a cooling chamber of a casting machine, the electromagnetic stirring apparatus comprising: a plurality of induction coils that apply a current so as to generate an electromagnetic field so as to apply a stirring force, the stirring force acting in correspondence with a partially solidified metallic bar that moves through the cooling chamber, the partially solidified metallic bar having a solid shell that encloses a nucleus that is in a melted state, the nucleus being subject to the electromagnetic field; a retaining body that retains said plurality of induction coils, said retaining body having a duct therein, said duct adapted to allow a passage of the metallic bar, said retaining body having portions; a driver cooperative with said portions of said retaining body between at least two configurations; a movement device cooperative with the metallic bar and adapted to move the electromagnetic stirring device along a guide and along a length of the metallic bar in a direction parallel to the metallic bar for at least a portion of the length of the metallic bar in a different operative position with respect to the metallic bar.