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Applications

Answers about how induction heating is used in various process heating applications.

Why Use Induction for Annealing?

Brazing

Common induction brazing problems and solutions

Brazing steel to carbide: heating

Can Induction Brazing Replace a Torch?

Why Use Brazing to Join Your Parts?

What's the Purpose of Braze Filler or Flux?

Why Use Induction for Brazing?

What are multi-layer brazing techniques?

Should I add water to the flux?

Safety measures while using stick filler rods with induction brazing

How to braze in a continuous belt-driven process

Other means besides preforms and pastes for brazing filler application

Should parts be cleaned before the induction brazing process?

Can we use the same units for brazing and soldering applications?

How can I clean flux splatter from the coil?

What happens if an operation stops and the part is reheated?

How should we braze Nitinol tube to a 304 S/S fitting?

Can induction improve my brazing process?

Have you helped customers with induction brazing?

Is induction good for brazing dissimilar metals?

Is induction recommended to braze steel?

What is brazing?

Can induction be used for brazing aluminum

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THE LAB

Can someone advise me about a heating process?

What is typical frequency for graphite susceptor heating?

I am interested in induction brazing small parts (OD less than .25 ")

What is the material of turbine blades?

Can you evaluate some of my parts?

Can you help me to improve my heating process?

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Curing

Can adhesives be cured with induction?

Fasteners

What is thread rolling?

Can it be used to cure paint or powder?

Is induction appropriate for hot heading?

Why use induction for fastener heating?

Is induction heating used in bolt and screw heading?

Can induction heating be used in thread patching?

Can induction heating be used in thread rolling?

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Heating

Can induction heating be more efficient in energy consumption?

Can induction be used to heat carbon fibers?

Best rail material for our workpiece to pass through our horizontal coil?

Does the inverse square law describe coupling distance?

Should we move the workpiece or move the coil?

How to place infrared temperature devices?

How to control workpiece through-heating?

Can I calculate the frequency required...

How can I use feedback from a pyrometer to control my heating process?

How should I place a thermocouple?

What software do you recommend for process analysis?

What are the problems or advantages for hardening with channel coils?

What's the material and temperature limit of flexible coils?

Must coils be custom fitted to workpieces?

How precisely must my workpiece be placed within the coil?

Some coils have a loop in the middle; why is this?

Why are some coils coated and some not?

What about ceramic processing with temperatures 1200 to 1500C?

How can we design a coil to for heating a slug for friction spin welding?

Do you have applications for heating liquid flowing in tubes?

Are induction heating systems used in cobotic automation?

Is is ok to put our workpiece as close to the coil as possible?

Is there an equation for temperature soaking time?

How can ramping and tapering off heat help the heating processes?

How to avoid or reduce the oxidation problem?

Can we use induction heating on our powdered metals directly?

Is there any limitation using induction heat for our painted workpieces?

How is the induction process affected by environment, humidity?

Is centering my workpiece in the coil critical?

What is a good rule of thumb to produce efficient heating?

Can a painted steel part be heated?

What is the influence of frequency (kHz) in power calculation?

What is a Faraday ring?

What's the difference between Frequency and Amperage?

Does induction heating affect anodized or powder-coated parts?

Is possible to heat an electrically non-conductive material like glass?

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Forging

Where should hot forging be used instead of forging?

What are the benefits of induction forging over a furnace?

What is hot forging?

What is through-heating?

How to control scale build-up on billets?

I forge steel parts. What is that frequency range?

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Melting

Can I produce a molten metal using the levitation technique?

Can you explain induction levitation melting?

Soldering

Can soldering and brazing be done with one system?

How does soldering differ from brazing?

What materials can be soldered with induction?

Why Use Induction for Soldering?

Can induction solder small semiconductors such as a ceramic circuit boards?

How to hermetic solder gold nickel plated Kovar with metal & glass solder?

How can we measure or control the quantity of tin in our processes?

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Hardening

Is post-oven tempering requirement?

Nanoparticle Heating

Is induction heating used for cancer treatment?

Metal-glass sealing

How to seal optical glass fiber in metal tube?

Heat Staking

Can induction heating be used for heat staking?

Levitation

What causes braze material to flow incorrectly or levitate?

Coil Design

Why employ ferrite in my coil design?

Can I heat a very long workpiece with induction?

Should I use square or round tubing in my coil design?

Can induction be used on low volume, high variety joints?

How to calculate the distance between the coil and workpiece?

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Susceptor Heating

Are there disadvantages using a susceptor?

Annealing

How is induction heating used to anneal wire?

Is it possible to anneal brass with induction?

Does Induction Annealing Require a Controlled Atmosphere?

Bonding

How does bonding differ from curing?

Can induction be used for de-bonding?

Why Use Induction for Bonding?

Cap Sealing

What are the Benefits of Cap Sealing with Induction Heating?

Shrink Fitting

Can Induction Be Used for Insertion and Disassembly?

Why Use Induction for Shrink Fitting?

Hot Forming

Are there any limitations with bending when using hot forming?

Is there a variable that falls between Warm Form and Hot Form?

How Can Hot Forming with Induction Improve Production Speeds?

Catheter Tipping

Will Catheter Tipping with Induction Reduce Production Costs?

Is Catheter Tipping with Induction the Least Expensive Process?