Design of complex induction hardening problems by means of numerical simulation

verfasst von

Bernard Nacke, Elmar Wrona

Abstract

The paper describes a numerical method for solving complex induction hardening tasks. The numerical simulation tool, which enables the 3D calculation of the transient heating process, is explained in detail. The use of the simulation tool is shown for the application of induction hardening of worms for worm-gears. Results for single frequency process and innovative simultaneous dual frequency heating are presented. Moreover, experimental results show the accuracy of the numerical calculation. First results of coupling the numerical simulation tool with an optimisation algorithm in order to carry out an automatic optimisation are described, too. The conclusion shows that numerical simulation tools are very helpful for solving complex induction hardening tasks.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Elektroprozesstechnik

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Archives of Electrical Engineering

Band

54

Seiten

461-466

Anzahl der Seiten

6

ISSN

0004-0746

Publikationsdatum

2005

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Elektrotechnik und Elektronik