Process for manufacturing a metal ingot with thixotropic properties

摘要

Prodn. of a metal rod (10) with thixotropic properties in a continuous casting mould (12) with an electromagnetic stirrer (14) extending over the total solidification zone of the melt to be cast to shear dendrites formed is claimed, in which the magnetic field produced by the stirrer stretches over the whole cross-section of the mould. The magnetic field is adjusted so that the shearing rate is 10-450 s<-1>.