Intro: Heating Inconnel Susceptor Objective: Heat an Inconnel susceptor to 19500F in less than one (1) minute for heating jet engine fan blades. This approach is to be used, instead of directly heating the blade, since improved temperature uniformity will be…

Intro: Heat Television Picture Tube Glass Objective: The incorporation of solid state RF induction heating into the television picture tube industry, specifically the insertion of attachment pins into the already formed picture tube glass panel. Four pins ar…

Intro: Shrink Fitting Cam Shaft Gears Objective To heat aluminum and steel camshaft gears to over 500F within 4 minutes for a shrink fitting application.Material 6” diameter, 2” thick steel and aluminum camshaft gears, “K” type thermocouple, digital ther…

Intro: Shrink fit steel ring Objective Heating a steel band to 1000 F (538 C) and inserting a carbon graphite ring in the center of the steel bandMaterial 4340 steel ring 8” (20.3cm) OD x 7.75” (19.7cm) ID, .895” (22.7mm) thick, carbon graphite ring inser…

Intro: Shrink Fit Bearings Objective To heat a roller bearing assembly for a shrink fitting applicationMaterial Steel bearings, diameters 1” to 3.5” (25.4 to 89mm)Temperature 300F (150C)Frequency 60 kHzEquipment Power of 25kW solid-state induction power su…

Intro: Shrink Fit Steel Flange Objective To heat steel flange for heat shrink application. Reaching the desired temperature results in adequate expansion to allow for placing of the flange over a graphite seal.Material Graphite seal 1” (25.4mm) diameter ste…

Intro: Shrink Fit Steel Tube Objective Heating a steel tube to 500-1000F for a shrink-fitting application. Determine expansion (growth) of ID at varying temperatures.Material Steel tubes 7” OD x 4.75” ID x 5” heat zone Type ‘K’ thermocouple to measure t…

Intro: INDUCTION HARDENING OF BEARING PARTS It is known that induction heating is effective in flow-line mass production that precludesresetting of equipment, or in individual production where the application of ordinaryheating methods is difficult.Induction…

Intro: HEAT TREATMENT WITH INDUCTION HEATING OF WITHIN PIPES Electrically welded pipes with an external diameter of 16-102 mm made from corrosionresistantsteels of the austenitic class after having been made on argon-arc welding mill(AAW) are at present heat…

Intro: Melting Ticonium and Nobilium Objective: Crucible melting of Ticonium and Nobilium ingots within a period of 45 seconds. Four ingots of Nobilium are to be placed in a crucible (ID#6012) and heated, while a single ingot of Ticonium is placed in a cruci…