Intro: Soldering Steel Objective To heat a special steel housing to 500(260) F(C) for a soldering applicationMaterial Steel housingSolder wire and fluxTemperature 500(260) 550(287.8) F(C)Frequency 200 kHzEquipment Power of 6kW, 150-400 kHz solid state induc…

Intro: Soldering Steel Tube Objective Heat a.125” (3.175mm) diameter stainless steel tube to a 1” diameter cylinder 1” (25.4mm) tall for a soldering applicationMaterial Stainless steel cylinder and tubeTemperature indicating paint Lead free solder preform…

Intro: Soldering copperObjective Heat copper tab until the solder reflows.Material Copper tab 0.25 X 0.25 inch square about 0.05 inches thick.Lead free solder material (higher melting temperature than regular solder.)Temperature 500 F for 1.25 secondsFrequen…

Intro: Shrink Fit Cast Iron Objective To use induction to prepare cast iron assemblies for shrink fit assemblyMaterial Customer supplied cast iron rocker arms of varying sizesTemperature 450 F (232 C)Process Time 20 secondsFrequency 48 kHzEquipment Power of …

Intro: Shrink fit steel gear Objective Heat the bore of a hardened spur steel gear to shrink fit onto a gear motor shaft. This is part of a chair for the disabled.Material Steel gear 2.5 h (63.5mm) OD, .75 h (19mm) ID x .625 h (16mm) thick, temperature indic…

Intro: Shrink fitting carbide ring Objective Shrink fitting a carbide ring into a steel valve seatMaterial Steel valve seat 6” (152.4mm) OD with 3” (76.2mm) ID hole & .75” (19mm) thick, carbide ringTemperature 500 F ( 260 C)Frequency 55 kHzEquipment •…

Intro: Shrink fitting impeller blades to shaft Objective Heat aluminum impeller blades to 200 F (93 C) and shrink fit onto a shaft.Material Aluminum impeller blades with a .28” (7.109mm) bore, aluminum shaftTemperature 200 F (93 C)Frequency 255 kHzEquipment…

Intro: Shrink fitting pulley to insert bearing Objective Heat aluminum pulley for insertion of an inner bearing for the automotive industryMaterial Aluminum pulley 2.3” (60mm) OD x 1.6” (40mm) ID x 1” (27mm) high and inner bearing 0.7” (17.8mm) high x 1.…

Intro: Shrink fitting wrist pin into connecting rod Objective Assemble connecting rods with a more accurate control of the heatMaterial Rod has an OD of .9125” (23.18mm), knuckle has an ID of .9125” (23.18mm) with an interference of .0001” (.0025mm). Knuc…

Intro: Shrink Fit Camshaft Gear Objective: Heating a camshaft gear with a bore size of 1.630 to shrink fit over a steel shaft that has a diameter of 1.632. A temperature of 5000F is required for the gear to expand 0.002 in order to slip over the shaft. Produ…