Induction heating advantages

Induction heating

With the sharp rise in petroleum fuel prices in the 1970s, the economic comparison between induction heating and oil and gas fuel furnaces has become a focus of attention, which will be discussed in detail in this article.

For billet heating equipment, although the energy price and the initial investment of induction heating equipment may be higher, the metal oxide scale and other losses are much lower. A large number of examples show that induction heating is more economical when the service life is more than one or two years, and it is also quite favorable from the perspective of heating cost per unit weight of workpiece.

In the future, petroleum fuel may become more scarce and electricity will become the main industrial energy source. Induction heating will also become more important in the next few decades. The total sales of induction heating equipment in the UK from 1972 to 1976 show that annual sales reached more than 50 megawatts, and this figure is likely to increase in the future. Some important safety measures and environmental conditions for induction heating equipment are discussed in this article. The importance of safety responsibilities of designers and users is emphasized in recent regulations and government decrees in Europe and the United States. Induction heating provides a very superior working environment that far exceeds traditional heating and melting methods.