Levitation Melting with Induction Heating

Levitation melting with induction produces small quantities of electrically conductive material, suspending and melting the material with force enough in the coil to counter gravity.

Once the material has melted, the induction power is shut off, and the molten mass can be dropped or forced into a mold for forming. This application is leveraged in the jewelry, dental, electronics, and aerospace research industries for a contaminant-free environment.

A levitation melting system for micro-gravity metal processing

Design a modular electromagnetic levitor (MEL) to aid in the study of RF systems used to process metals in the microgravity of space.

Levitation melting of steel balls

Benefits: Minimal contamination of conductive material during manufacturing, removal of insoluble inclusions while leaving desired alloying constituents intact, even distribution of heating

About Induction Heating

Induction heating is a fast, efficient, precise and repeatable non-contact method for heating metals or other electrically-conductive materials. The material may be a metal such as brass, aluminum, copper or steel or it can be a semiconductor such as silicon carbide, carbon or graphite. To heat non-conductive materials such as plastics or glass, induction is used to heat an electrically-conductive susceptor, typically graphite, which then transfers the heat to the non-conducting material.

Read our 4-page brochure; learn more about how the science of induction technology can solve your precision heating problems.