Normally for the industrial usage, there are many kinds of different methods of heating, like convection heating, radiant heating, induction heating, open flame heating or other heating ways. So why choose induction heating over the other heating methods? Here is a short summary of the major advantages of induction heating, by learning these following characteristics for induction heating, you will get a brief acknowledge of what modern solid state induction heating offers for lean manufacturing:
Optimized Consistency
Compare to the traditional heating methods, such as open flame, torch heating and other methods, induction heating eliminates the inconsistencies and quality issues. For induction heating, the heating pattern is repeatable and consistent. With modern solid state systems, temperature can be precisely controlled and provides uniform results; power can be turned on or shut off instantly. Under the closed loop temperature control, advanced induction heating systems have the capability so that to measure the temperature of each individual part.
Maximized Productivity
As induction heating works very quickly, so the production rates can be completely maximized; heat is developed directly and instantly inside the work piece. Startup is virtually instantaneous; there is no warm up or cool down cycle is required. Besides, the induction heating process can be fully completed directly on the manufacturing floor, which just next to the cold or hot forming machine. In this way, you are not wasting any time to carry batches of parts to a remote furnace area or a subcontractor. For example, in the previous time, a brazing or soldering process usually required a time-consuming, off-line batch heating approach, now instead of this miscellaneous traditional method, with induction heating, it can be replaced with a continuously one-piece flow manufacturing system.
