Abstract: A device (1) for the induction hardening of components (2) which have a circular cross section, especially crankshafts, has two inductor half-shells (4, 5) arranged along a portion of the periphery of the component (2) to be hardened. At least one of the two inductor half-shells (4, 5) has only one inductor segment (6) through which current flows.

Abstract: A device (1) for the induction hardening of components (2) which have a circular cross section, especially crankshafts, has two inductor half-shells (4, 5) arranged along a portion of the periphery of the component (2) to be hardened. At least one of the two inductor half-shells (4, 5) has only one inductor segment (6) through which current flows.

Abstract: An apparatus for hardening cylindrical bearing locations on a shaft, in particular a crankshaft, in which transition radii to the adjacent shaft parts are of undercut design, is provided with a heating unit, which is connected to a power supply, and with an inductor. The inductor has two heating conductor arms, which are arranged at a distance from one another and each run in the peripheral direction of the bearing location that is to be hardened. Each of the two heating conductor arms is provided with an inner bearing-surface hardening branch and two outer radius hardening branches, the bearing-surface hardening branch in each case being mechanically connected to the radius hardening branches by current-carrying elements which bear the radius hardening branches. The mechanical connection is sufficiently elastic for the radius hardening branches to be displaceable relative to the bearing-surface hardening branch in the axial direction of the shaft that is to be hardened.

Abstract: An apparatus for hardening cylindrical bearing locations on a shaft, in particular a crankshaft, in which transition radii to the adjacent shaft parts are of undercut design, is provided with a heating unit, which is connected to a power supply, and with an inductor. The inductor has two heating conductor arms, which are arranged at a distance from one another and each run in the peripheral direction of the bearing location that is to be hardened. Each of the two heating conductor arms is provided with an inner bearing-surface hardening branch and two outer radius hardening branches, the bearing-surface hardening branch in each case being mechanically connected to the radius hardening branches by current-carrying elements which bear the radius hardening branches. The mechanical connection is sufficiently elastic for the radius hardening branches to be displaceable relative to the bearing-surface hardening branch in the axial direction of the shaft that is to be hardened.

Abstract: In a process for the induction hardening of crankshafts with at least one connecting-rod pin and with at least two main bearings, in particular for the hardening of the at least one connecting-rod pin, by means of a contactlessly operating inductor, the crankshaft performs a rotational movement during the hardening of the at least one connecting-rod pin. The center axis of the at least one connecting-rod pin to be hardened is used as the axis for the rotational movement of the crankshaft.