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.

Induction levitation Benefits

Meets tight production tolerances with precise localized heat to small areas creating pinpoint accuracy
Increases production rates with faster heating cycles
Reduces defect rates with repeatable, reliable heat
Eliminates variability from operator-to-operator, shift-to-shift
Maintains metallurgical characteristics of the individual metals

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