A fastener manufacturer contacted THE LAB at Ambrell as they needed to preheat steel wire prior to hot heading. The end products were screws. They wanted to heat steel wire to 350 °F (177 °C) within seconds. They turned to induction because they wanted to increase tool life with hot heading, as cold heading is harder on tooling.

We are proud to be a leading supplier of induction heating solutions to the fastener industry. Our systems are commonly used in applications such as hot heading, thread rolling and thread patching. In light of this, we are excited to be exhibiting at next week's National Industrial Fastener and Mill Supply Expo at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV USA. The exposition runs October 26-27. 

Rivet heating prior to head forming and hot heading is a popular application in the turbine manufacturing industry. A UK manufacturer of turbines for maritime vehicles wanted to switch to induction heating and contacted THE LAB at Ambrell for an application test on steel rivets.