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Bonding Plastic Handles onto Metal Broom Poles

4/27/21 2:37 PM

A client came to THE LAB at Ambrell needing to heat a 0.85” (21.6 mm) outside diameter magnetic steel tube to temperature to melt plastic handles onto metal broom poles. A rate of 25,000 parts per eight-hour shift was desired, with two parts heated at...

Metal-to-Plastic Induction Heating heat staking

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Induction Heating a Steel Shaft for Metal-to-Plastic Insertion

5/21/20 5:00 PM

A client came to THE LAB at Ambrell with a heat staking application involving heating a knurled steel shaft prior to staking into plastic. This shaft is used in the hinge of a consumer device. Controlling heat to the lower portion of the shaft was...

Metal-to-Plastic Induction Heating heat staking

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Induction Heat Staking an Arthroscopic Device

5/21/20 1:39 PM

A manufacturer in the medical industry came to THE LAB at Ambrell with a heat staking application involving a arthroscopic device. They needed to use induction to bond the device's sheath to the collet. Fast, localized heating that didn't impact...

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Induction Heating Magnetic Steel for Insertion into Polypropylene

5/18/20 4:35 PM

A pallet manufacturer needed to heat magnetic steel to 300 ºF (149 ºC) for insertion into a polypropylene board and turned to THE LAB at Ambrell to design a solution. THE LAB determined an Ambrell EKOHEAT® 40 kW, 50-150 kHz induction heating system...

Metal-to-Plastic EASYHEAT Induction Heating heat staking

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Inserting Threaded Brass Parts into a Plastic Housing

3/30/20 12:03 PM

An company came to THE LAB at Ambrell needing to insert brass threaded inserts into seven locations on a plastic thermostat housing. THE LAB determined that an Ambrell EASYHEAT^TM 3.5 kW induction heating system would be the right solution for their...

Metal-to-Plastic EASYHEAT Induction Heating heat staking

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The Induction Heat Staking Design Guide

8/1/19 3:52 PM

Our newly updated design guide, titled the Heat Staking Design Guide: Inserting Metal into Plastic with Induction by Dr. Girish Dahake, is now available for download. Heat staking of threaded metal inserts into plastic (also known as metal-to-plastic...

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