High frequency induction heating apparatus and processing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10005116-B2
Application number	US-201314427075-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2013
Priority date	Sep 21, 2012
Publication date	Jun 26, 2018
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a high frequency induction heating apparatus capable of quenching a workpiece having an outward flange, over the whole circumference by means of a frequency with which a penetration depth of an electromagnetic wave is larger than a sheet thickness of the workpiece The high frequency induction heating apparatus includes a high frequency induction heating coil used for heating a long hollow steel workpiece having a closed cross section and an outward flange, in 3DQ in which a bending member is manufactured from the workpiece The high frequency induction heating coil includes a magnetic material core facing each other between which both faces of the outward flange are interposed, having a distance from both faces, and an induction heating coil connected to the magnetic material core and arranged surrounding an outer circumference of a general portion where the outward flange is excluded from the workpiece.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A high frequency induction heating apparatus comprising:
a high frequency induction heating coil used for heating a long hollow steel workpiece having a closed cross section and an outward flange having two faces,
wherein the high frequency induction heating coil comprises a magnetic material core and an induction heating coil,
wherein the induction heating coil is connected to the magnetic material core and arranged surrounding an outer circumference of a portion of the workpiece where the outward flange is excluded from the workpiece, the induction heating coil further comprising a first portion connected to a high frequency power generator, a second portion connected to the first portion and extended in the longitudinal direction of the workpiece, a third portion connected to the second portion and arranged surrounding the outer circumference of the portion of the workpiece, a fourth portion connected to the third portion and extended in the longitudinal direction of the workpiece, and a fifth portion connecting the fourth portion and the high frequency power generator, the fifth portion being positioned adjacent to the first portion, and
the magnetic material core is positioned between the second portion and the fourth portion and positioned to surround the fourth portion, and the magnetic material core has two portions arranged facing each other so that both of the faces of the outward flange are interposed between the two portions, the magnetic material core having a distance from the both of the faces.

2. The high frequency induction heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a current which flows in the second portion and a current which flows in the fourth portion flow in the opposite direction from each other.

3. The high frequency induction heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the following Formula 1 is satisfied, wherein L (mm) is a length of the magnetic material core in the longitudinal direction of the workpiece, f (kHz) is a current frequency of the induction heating coil, and v (mm/s) is a moving speed of the high temperature portion of the workpiece

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4. A processing apparatus comprising:
the high frequency induction heating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 , 2 , and 3 ;
a water-cooling apparatus arranged adjacent to a downstream side of the high frequency induction heating apparatus; and
an articulated robot arranged on a downstream side of the cooling apparatus and supporting the workpiece to add an external force to the workpiece.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp

Inventors

• Okada Nobuhiro
• Tomizawa Atsushi
• Kubota Hiroaki

Classifications

• H05B6/36

  Coil arrangements · CPC title

• H05B6/104

  metal pieces being elongated like wires or bands · CPC title

• F27D11/12

  with electromagnetic fields acting directly on the material being heated · CPC title

• C21D9/08

  for tubular bodies or pipes · CPC title

• C21D9/00

  Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor · CPC title