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…

2008/02/03

Soldering Steel ConnectorsObjective Heat an assembly of small, gold-plated steel connectors to a brass block.Material Approx. 1/8” (3.2mm) diameter gold-plated steel connectors, 1”(25.4mm) square x 1/4” thick brass blockTemperature 600F(315.6C)Freq…

2008/02/03

Soldering Radio AntennaObjective To heat a coaxial antenna assembly to 600F within 2 seconds for a soldering application. The goal to improve on an existing procedure with a soldering iron which required 10 to 15 seconds.Material .250” diameter alumi…

2008/02/03

Solder Flex Circuits Objective To heat multiple joints on flex circuit strips to 180-200F within seven seconds for a soldering application.Material Copper bonded to polyester flex circuit strips, Solder Plus Paste 63NC-A, 0.0625” thick Teflon sheetsT…

2008/02/03

Heating Steel Dogbone Specimen Objective: To heat a magnetic steel dogbone specimen to 12000F as quickly as possible and sustained for tensile testing. Heating should take place using a helical coil placed square in relation to the long axis of the ga…

2008/02/03

Heating Repair Lined Steel Tank Objective: To heat selected areas of a glass lined steel tank to 16000F in order to perform repairs of cracks and chips. The glass is used as a frit which must be reflowed and filled into the damaged areas. Temperature …

2008/02/03

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…

2008/02/03

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…

2008/02/03

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…

2008/02/03

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…

2008/02/03