Application of Induction Furnace

Induction furnace is mainly used for a variety of applications, including Investment casting, Precious metals melting, Copper melting, Alloy manufacturing, Aluminum melting, Shrink-fitting, Brazing, Surface heating, melting and soldering, Heating of liquid conductors and gaseous conductors, Heating of silicon, Heating metals to their melting point in inductive furnaces.

1.Investment casting. Induction melting is often used for investment casting because they come in a wide variety of air and vacuum furnaces. These induction furnaces work great for nearly all metals.

2.Precious metals melting. Steel is precious for many, but induction melting furnace can also be used to melt precious metals such as platinum group metals. This allows them to be refined and used for jewelry manufacturing.

3.Copper melting. Induction furnace can be used to melt custom castings or casting large bronze structures. They’re built to provide the melting you need for most copper applications with low metal loss and precise temperature control.

4.Alloy manufacturing. Induction furnaces are popularly used in alloy manufacturing for optimal uniformity and flexibility. Those in alloy manufacturing companies can count on induction furnace to provide them with the correct amount of induction stirring each and every time so every product comes out exactly the same.

5.Aluminum melting. Aluminum melting is another popular application used for induction melting. Because induction furnaces are energy efficient, they’re considered optimal for converting alumina into pure aluminum and then into aluminum alloys. This is because this process consumes a lot of energy and so the more energy that can be saved the better.

6.Shrink-fitting. Induction shrink-fitting is used for insertion of one metal part into a second metal part. The second metal part is heated just enough that the metal slightly expands, allowing easy insertion of the first part. Once cooled, the parts cannot be separated without significant force, or by reheating and reversing the process.

7.Brazing.Brazing is a process in which two or more materials are joined together by a filler metal that has a lower melting point than the base materials using Induction heating.

8.Annealing.Annealing is a heat treatment process used mostly to increase the ductility and reduce the hardness of a material. This change in hardness and ductility is a result of the reduction of dislocations in the crystal structure of the material being annealed.