There is provided an energy-saving
agitator that suppresses the amount of generated heat, is easy to use and carry out maintenance, has flexibility in an installation position, and can also adjust an agitating ability. The
agitator includes a furnace body that includes a
molten metal room storing a
molten metal, and an agitating unit that agitates the
molten metal stored in the furnace body. The agitating unit includes a molten-
metal driving room-forming part that is disposed in the molten
metal room, applies a driving force to the molten
metal, and forms a driving room of which both ends are opened; a pair of electrodes that is disposed in the driving room and makes current flow in the driving room under the presence of the molten metal; and a
magnetic field unit which is formed of a permanent
magnet disposed outside the furnace body, of which one pole of an N pole and an S pole faces the furnace body so that magnetic lines of force generated from the one pole cross the current, and which generates an electromagnetic force for driving the molten metal from one end toward the other end in the driving room.