Study on the Electroslag Remelting of Bearing Steel in Static Magnetic Field

The Electroslag Remelting(ESR)Process has been developed quickly in recent years for its productions of excellent metal ingots with high purity,compact structure,homogeneous composition and clean surface.However,some problems in traditional ESR process still exist,for example the nonmetallic inclusions,coarse dendrite crystal and solute segregation in large-scale ESR etc.In this study we combine the ESR process with electromagnetic processing of materials(EPM)process in GCrl5 steel under conditions of 400-700 amps current.The microstructure and inclusions analysis showed that,the inner structure of ingots is compact and homogeneous and no remarkable inclusions appear when superimposing static magnetic field simultaneously.Refined branch grain size,homogeneous distribution of solute,decreased concentration of inclusions and impurities and elevated hardness also could be achieved.ESR process under steady magnetic field makes melt pool planer when compared with that without magnetic field,which would be explained by the electromagnetic vibration refined metal melting drops and the temperature field in the pool is uniformity.