In order to reduce the crack of 304 austenitic stainless steel pipe,the experiments of composition optimization,F-EMS and superheat controlling have been done to optimize solidification structure.The area fraction of δ ferrite in structure of billet center decreases from 8.6 % to 7.2 % through composition optimization. By implement of F-EMS,The area fraction of δ ferrite in structure of billet center decreases to 5.8 % and distributes dispersively,the δ ferrite in the billet without F-EMS is net-like. The superheat between 30 ℃ and 40 ℃ is beneficial to reduce δ ferrite. The amount of δ ferrite in 304 billets decreases significantly by using above measures and the crack during piercing is improved significantly.