Inductoheat, Madison Heights, Mich., reported in a presentation at Heat Treat 2017 that recently developed inverter technology provides instantaneous and calculated frequency control during induction heating. According to the abstract, the technology is dramatically advancing the heat treatment quality and equipment capability that induction heat treatment systems can deliver.
This paper presents the many advantages of the technology in numerous real-world induction heat treatment applications, particularly in the scan hardening of shafts and shaft-like components. Coupled electromagnetic-thermal finite element analysis simulation results are utilized throughout to graphically and numerically illustrate the revolutionary nature of this new technology.
Collin A Russell , Michael J. Zaharof, Inductoheat Inc., Madison Heights, Michigan
