To eliminate a reaction of a copper of a stock of a crucible with a molten metal when the metal is contact held in the crucible in melting a material containing aluminum and another low melting point alloy as main components.

A levitational melding apparatus melts the metal material thrown in the water-cooled copper crucible by induction heating by levitating the material by an electromagnetic repulsion force by exciting an induction coil disposed on an outer peripheral side of the crucible by using a high-frequency power source. In this apparatus, an inside surface of the crucible 1 at least from bottom to a height opposed to a maximum molten metal height or higher is coated with an insulator.