Novel User-Friendly Computer Modeling for Induction Heating and Heat Treating

This presentation discusses newly developed software for computer simulation of a variety of induction heating and heat-treating applications, including hardening, tempering, stress relieving and induction heating of metals prior to hot and warm forming. Many manufacturers of induction heating machinery apply commercially available 2-D and 3-D computer modeling software in optimizing coil design and determining the most appropriate process recipes. As has been reported in numerous publications, successful use of these software applications requires intensive and time-consuming training for users and often takes several days to obtain the results of simulations. This presentation reveals recent developments a number of unique user-friendly software applications that assist induction heating professionals with making fast, intelligent decisions on the most appropriate process parameters of the induction system, process effectiveness and load matching capability. Case studies of computer simulations of a variety of the most typical induction hardening applications will also be discussed here.