IHS Provides Induction Heating Products

IHS, an Inductotherm Industries Company, manufactures induction heating equipment for many applications. The company's billet and bar heat stations are manufactured with solid state, high frequency power supply, forge coils, operator control panel and material handling equipment if needed. Workcell designed heaters are quick and easy to install, energy efficient and utilize minimal floor space. Application include all types of forging and forming operations. All metals, ferrous and non-ferrous, can be heated with these systems. The heaters maintain a full power draw over a wide range of billet or bar sizes. The heat stations are available with output power ratings from 25kW through 1000 kW and frequencies from 1 kHz through 30 kHz.

"Shrink fit" applications are also available at IHS. The Unipower¨ concept can be applied to a wide variety of heating applications. Inductors located in close proximity to the power source means low power loss and high heating efficiency resulting in more productivity for the user. IHS motor rotor heating equipment ranges from bench-top units to completely computer controlled automatic systems. The systems are also used for shaft insertion, lamination bluing and bond breaking.

IHS bar end heaters are used in the fastener industry for precise heating (uniform or taper heat) for hot heading. Induction heating systems occupy less floor space than a fuel fired furnace and because of their unitized design, can readily be relocated to other cells as production requires.

Induction coils are useful for pipe heating and epoxy curing, chain hardening and tempering, large pipe heating and pipe end heating. Long coil life is a product of high quality materials, design and manufacturing experience. IHS coils are electrostatically coated with a baked on high temperature epoxy resin prior to refractory encapsulation. This insulation process protects the coil from the high temperatures radiating from the part. Coil designs vary widely depending on the part configuration, application, environment and mounting requirements. Therefore, in most cases, coils are custom designed in-house in the IHS induction coil department to suit each application.

IHS induction scan hardening machines or "scanners", are also a self-contained, unitized design with a built-in power supply, heat station and controls for high production needs. The scanners are programmable for maximum workpiece flexibility and can heat treat a single part or two parts simultaneously. Elongated cylindrical parts such as spindles, axle shafts and camshafts can be processed vertically on either the Uniscan¨ or Statiscan¨. Straight shafts or tubes can be processed using the IHS horizontal scanning machine.

      For more information contact:

      George Elliott
IHS
      847-520-4358
Fax 847-520-4683

      Rich Gallik
IHS
5009 Rondo Drive
      Fort Worth, TX 76106
817-625-5577
Fax 817-625-1872