The invention belongs to the field of
smelting, and particularly relates to a
smelting method for improving cleanliness of
austenitic stainless steel. The method comprises the following steps: melting raw materials in an electric furnace, and tapping; carrying out AOD (
argon oxygen decarburization) refining; and LF refining. The method comprises the following steps: controlling the contents of C and Si elements and the tapping temperature during tapping of molten raw materials in an electric furnace; the temperature of
molten steel obtained through AOD refining is set, FeSi is used for primary reduction, the content of Si is controlled, reduction
slag lime and
fluorite are added for slagging in secondary reduction, the target requirement for
alkalinity of reduction
slag is controlled, aluminum particles are added, and the rest is reduced through
calcium silicate blocks; in the LF refining process, CaSi
powder is adopted for
diffusion deoxidation, Al deoxidation is not used, the
oxygen target is controlled, the white
slag retention time is controlled, the
argon feeding stirring time and the soft
argon blowing time are controlled, and crane
ladle pouring is carried out, so that the inclusion requirement of the current high-end 304
austenitic stainless steel can be met, and the inclusion is reduced to be smaller than or equal to 1.0 grade from the 1.5 grade or 2.0 grade.