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Summary
Summary
This book provides an excellent overview of the range of applications of induction heating with methods by which conventional as well as special heating jobs can be designed around the capabilities of the process.
The book discusses the theory of induction heating, tuning of induction heating circuits and load matching and summarizes major equipment considerations in designing induction heating systems. Design procedures are thoroughly covered for heat treating. Includes a detailed discussion on fundamentals of process control for a variety of induction heating issues.
Contents includes: Introduction Theory of Induction Heating Tuning of Induction Heating Circuits and Load Matching Induction Heating Power Supplies Auxiliary Equipment for Induction Heating Process Design for Specific Applications Fundamentals of Process Control Coil Design and Fabrication Flux Concentrators, Shields, and Susceptors Materials Handling Special Applications of Induction Heating Economics Index
Table of Contents
1 Introduction | p. 1 |
History | p. 3 |
Applications of Induction Heating | p. 4 |
Preheating Prior to Metalworking | p. 6 |
Heat Treating | p. 6 |
Melting | p. 6 |
Welding, Brazing, and Soldering | p. 6 |
Curing of Organic Coatings | p. 6 |
Adhesive Bonding 7Semiconductor Fabrication | p. 7 |
Tin Reflow | p. 7 |
Sintering | p. 7 |
Advantages of Induction Heating | p. 7 |
2 Theory of Induction Heating | p. 9 |
Basis for Induction Heating | p. 9 |
Eddy-Current Distribution in a Solid Bar | p. 13 |
Equivalent Resistance and Efficiency--Solid Round Bar | p. 16 |
Equivalent Resistance and Efficiency--Other Geometries | p. 21 |
Determination of Power Requirements | p. 23 |
3 Tuning of Induction Heating Circuits and Load Matching | p. 27 |
Tuning of Induction Heating Circuits | p. 28 |
Series Resonant Circuits | p. 28 |
True, Reactive, and Apparent Power | p. 30 |
Parallel Resonant Circuits | p. 31 |
Tuning Capacitors | p. 32 |
Transformers and Impedance Matching | p. 35 |
Impedance Matching and Tuning for Specific Types of Power Supplies | p. 38 |
Fixed-Frequency Sources | p. 38 |
Variable-Frequency (Solid-State) Power Sources | p. 41 |
Radio-Frequency (Vacuum-Tube) Power Supplies | p. 42 |
4 Induction Heating Power Supplies | p. 47 |
Frequency and Power Selection Criteria | p. 47 |
Types of Power Supplies | p. 50 |
Line-Frequency Induction Heating | p. 50 |
Frequency Multipliers | p. 55 |
Motor-Generators | p. 57 |
Solid-State Inverters | p. 63 |
Spark-Gap Converters | p. 67 |
Radio-Frequency (Vacuum-Tube) Power Supplies | p. 67 |
Radio-Frequency (Solid-State) Equipment | p. 74 |
5 Auxiliary Equipment for Induction Heating | p. 77 |
Equipment Cooling Systems | p. 77 |
Water-Cooling Systems | p. 79 |
Vapor-Coolant Systems | p. 80 |
Timers | p. 82 |
6 Process Design for Specific Applications | p. 85 |
Design Procedures for Through Heating | p. 85 |
Selection of Frequency for Through Heating | p. 86 |
Selection of Power Rating for Through Heating | p. 96 |
Design Procedures for Heat Treating | p. 105 |
Surface Hardening | p. 106 |
Localized Annealing of Steel Pipe Welds | p. 115 |
Design Procedures for Induction Melting | p. 118 |
Design Considerations for Coreless Induction Melting Furnaces | p. 120 |
Design Considerations for Channel Induction Melting Furnaces | p. 127 |
Design of Induction Pipe Welding Operations | p. 128 |
Mechanical Design Features | p. 128 |
Electrical Design Features | p. 133 |
Design of Induction Brazing and Soldering Operations | p. 135 |
7 Fundamentals of Process Control | p. 143 |
Temperature Measurement | p. 144 |
Thermocouples | p. 144 |
Radiation Detectors | p. 149 |
Other Temperature-Measuring Techniques | p. 156 |
Temperature-Control Modes | p. 163 |
Proportional Controllers and Heat-Regulating Devices | p. 164 |
Integration of Control Functions | p. 166 |
Heating of Steel Slabs | p. 167 |
Surface Hardening | p. 168 |
Vacuum Induction Melting | p. 169 |
Electric-Demand Control | p. 170 |
Distributed Control | p. 170 |
Concept of Distributed Control | p. 170 |
Interfacing/Connecting Control-System Components | p. 173 |
Miscellaneous Control Technologies Used in Induction Heating | p. 174 |
Electromagnetic Sorting | p. 174 |
Resistivity Measurement of Case Depth | p. 177 |
Calorimetric Evaluation of Induction Hardening | p. 178 |
Process Simulation | p. 178 |
Problem Formulation | p. 179 |
Simulation of Surface Hardening | p. 180 |
8 Coil Design and Fabrication | p. 185 |
Basic Design Considerations | p. 185 |
Basic Coil Designs | p. 188 |
Low-Frequency Heating | p. 188 |
Medium-to-High-Frequency Coils | p. 189 |
Internal Coils | p. 191 |
Common Design Modifications | p. 193 |
Coil Characterization | p. 193 |
Flux Diverters | p. 201 |
"Balancing" of Multiplace Coils | p. 203 |
Specialty Coils | p. 205 |
Master Work Coils and Coil Inserts | p. 206 |
Coils for Induction Scanners | p. 209 |
Split Coils | p. 211 |
Concentrator Coils | p. 212 |
Butterfly Coils | p. 216 |
Split-Return Inductors | p. 217 |
Tapped Coils | p. 217 |
Transverse-Flux Coils | p. 218 |
Series/Parallel Coil Construction | p. 220 |
Tuning Stubs (Trombones) | p. 221 |
Conveyor/Channel Coils | p. 223 |
Coil Fabrication | p. 226 |
Selection of Tubing | p. 227 |
Coil Forming | p. 228 |
Joining of Coils to Power-Supply Leads | p. 229 |
Bracing of Coils | p. 231 |
Power-Supply Leads | p. 234 |
Design Considerations | p. 234 |
Typical Lead Design | p. 237 |
9 Flux Concentrators, Shields, and Susceptors | p. 241 |
Flux Concentrators | p. 241 |
Materials for Flux Concentrators | p. 242 |
Application of Flux Concentrators | p. 244 |
Shields | p. 244 |
Shield Design | p. 245 |
Typical Applications of Shields | p. 245 |
Susceptors | p. 247 |
Susceptor Materials | p. 248 |
Typical Applications of Susceptors | p. 251 |
10 Materials Handling | p. 253 |
Basic Considerations in Materials Handling | p. 253 |
Part Movement Through Induction Coil | p. 253 |
Materials for Handling Fixtures | p. 255 |
Use of Controlled Atmospheres or Vacuum | p. 257 |
Materials Handling in Induction Billet and Bar Heating | p. 260 |
Feed Mechanisms | p. 261 |
Feed-Mechanism Selection Criteria | p. 264 |
Materials Handling in Induction Heat Treatment | p. 264 |
Continuous Heat Treatment | p. 266 |
Heat Treatment of Discrete Parts | p. 269 |
Materials Handling in Induction Soldering and Brazing | p. 273 |
Materials Handling in Other Induction Heating Processes | p. 275 |
Robot Design | p. 278 |
Robot Drive Mechanisms | p. 279 |
Robot Tooling Systems and Motions | p. 279 |
Control and Programming of Robots | p. 279 |
11 Special Applications of Induction Heating | p. 281 |
Induction Heating Applications in the Plastics and Rubber Industries | p. 281 |
Bonding and Forming of Plastics | p. 281 |
Plastic Coatings | p. 285 |
Salvage Operations | p. 287 |
Bonding Applications of Induction Heating | p. 288 |
Induction Cap Sealing and Packaging | p. 291 |
Induction Heating Applications in the Electronics Industry | p. 292 |
Zone Refining of Semiconductors | p. 293 |
Growth of Semiconductor Single Crystals | p. 294 |
Epitaxial Deposition | p. 296 |
Production of Silicon Solar Cells | p. 298 |
Hermetic Sealing and Salvage of Electronic Components | p. 298 |
Manufacture of Vacuum Tubes | p. 300 |
Induction Heating Applications in the Glass Industry | p. 301 |
Glass-to-Metal Sealing | p. 301 |
Glass Melting | p. 302 |
Lens Blocking | p. 302 |
Fiber-Optic Manufacture | p. 302 |
Induction Heating Applications in Steel Finishing | p. 303 |
Tin Reflow | p. 304 |
Paint Curing | p. 305 |
Vessel Heating | p. 306 |
Application of Induction Heating for Vacuum Processes | p. 308 |
Vacuum Melting | p. 309 |
Directional Solidification | p. 310 |
Levitation Melting | p. 310 |
12 Economics | p. 315 |
Cost Elements of Induction Heating | p. 315 |
Equipment Costs | p. 315 |
Energy Costs | p. 316 |
Production Lot Size and Ease of Automation | p. 317 |
Scale and Scrap Losses | p. 318 |
Labor Costs | p. 319 |
Maintenance Costs | p. 319 |
Other Cost Elements | p. 320 |
Typical Cost Comparisons | p. 320 |
Heating of Steel Billets Prior to Forging | p. 320 |
Heating of Nonferrous Billets Prior to Forging/Extrusion | p. 320 |
Heat Treating of Steel | p. 321 |
Tube Welding | p. 323 |
Index | p. 325 |