Induction Heating of Ferrous Alloys Prior to Hot and Warm Forming

Presentation focuses on advances in induction heating of ferrous alloys prior to forging, rolling and extrusion. Besides through heating applications, presentation not will also discuss induction heating of selective areas of the workpieces. Good practices to ensure high quality of heated components (microstructural and thermal) will be revealed in this presentation. This includes review of measures to avoid intergranular cracking (incipient melting), excessive grain growth, oxidation and scale formation, etc.