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alternating current

induction-heating process

  • induction heating
    In induction heating

    A water-cooled coil, or inductor, acting as the primary winding of a transformer, surrounds the material to be heated (the workpiece), which acts as the secondary winding. Alternating current flowing in the primary coil induces eddy currents in the workpiece, causing it to become heated. The depth to which…

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radio-frequency heating

  • In radio-frequency heating: Induction heating.

    …conductor or coil called an inductor, which is connected to a radio-frequency generator. The electromagnetic field causes electrical currents to be excited in regions of the material that lie within the field of the inductor. These currents heat the object. The precise amount of heat generated is dependent on three…

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