Induction Heating Coil Design Capabilities
Induction coil design details play a major role in any induction heating system’s efficiency and effectiveness. At Induction Technology Solutions, our engineers use our advanced induction heating coil design capabilities combined with your specifications to project the most effective and efficient heating coils for your specific project.
How do we do that?
State-of-the-Art Coil Design & Simulator Program
Our design capabilities include the most advanced coil design and simulator program available today. Using our special Finite Field Analysis software, our engineers can create a precise digital model of your workpiece, then run simulations using various proposed coil designs and time and temperature calculations to detect heat patterns and show you exactly how your new coil design will perform in your production line.
Coil Design Experience & Expertise
Induction Technology Solutions has experience working with customers in the automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, oil & gas, military, academic, and research & development industries, as well as other fields across a multitude of applications and materials.
Types of Induction Coils We Design
Induction coils are electrical conductors that generate a magnetic field. The best shape for your particular application could be helical, split-helical, concentric, or another shape entirely. Below are just some of the induction coil shapes we produce:
- C-Shaped Coil
- Clamshell
- Conical
- Pancake Coil
- Two-Turn coil
- Open Coil
Considerations For Designing an Induction Heating Coil
Your application dictates your most effective coil design. Coil designs can vary greatly depending on the material being heated, the size and shape of the workpiece, power requirements, and more.
The following induction coil design factors impact performance:
- Material: This is the most important consideration. A metal that heats very quickly, like graphite, has very different properties than steel.
- Temperature: How hot do you need to make the workpiece? How quickly?
- Heat Length and Depth of Penetration: Do you need to through-heat the entire length of a 2 foot-long part, or just the skin of an inch-long part?
- Shape of the workpiece: A huge factor, and this is where the fun comes in. Traditionally, induction coils are, well, coiled. But the shape of the coil can vary depending on the shape of the workpiece. Examples include clamshell coils that can open and close, earmuff coils that can concentrate heat on just certain parts of the workpiece, and pancake coils that heat just one side of a workpiece.
- Distance of coupling: Air gaps between a coil and workpiece can reduce efficiency, a consideration that is especially important if you’re changing workpieces.
- Number of coil turns: Our designs balance the number of turns to optimize magnetic flux.
Coil Design Examples
Explore Our Induction Heating Coil Design Capabilities
Properly designed coils boost productivity and efficiency while reducing power use and costs. At Induction Technology Solutions, our induction heating coil design capabilities allow us to produce dependable, high-quality, and efficient coils for tempering, annealing, crystal growing, bonding, and semiconductor use.
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