This paper reports on the processing of aluminium melt by pulse magneto-oscillation (PMO) technology. The melt is divided into five layers using a layered isolation device and, after grinding and corrosion, the refining effects of equiaxed crystals are observed to decrease from the centre outwards. The electromagnetic force and flow velocity of the melt were simulated using the ANSYS package, and found to decrease in the same manner as crystal size; i.e. from the centre outwards. It was also found that the melt, treated by PMO, possessed an optimum characteristic length at which the flow velocity reaches a maximum value, thus improving the refining effect of the solidification structure of the melt.
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