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A new approach of applying the Electric Current Pulse (ECP) with parallel electrodes to promotion of the transition from columnar to equiaxed crystals and improvement of macrosegregation was introduced. And the experiments of application of ECP in the different stage of solidification have been carried out. The results show that applying ECP in both the initial and the late stage of solidification can promote the columnar to equiaxed transition (CET). Analysis shows that during solidification application of ECP induce a large number of nuclei around the upper surface, which subsequently showers down into the melt and impinges growth front of the columnar crystal. Therefore the CET occurs. In addition, this method is also employed to influence the solidification processing of bearing steel, the results show that the structrue is changed from columnar to equaixed, indicating that ECP can enhance the homogeneity of structure and composition of bearing steel.