Abstract: A method and a device for manufacturing packages are provided. The method comprises providing a tubular first package part of a sheet of thermoplastic coated packaging material including at least one layer of an induction heatable material. The first package part has a sealed first joint between two mutually opposing edge sections of the sheet. The method further comprises joining together the first package part and a second package part by a second joint, the first and the second joint intersecting each other. The method further comprises arranging induction heating means including at least two conductors extending along each other, so that the conductors extend along the second joint and sealing the second joint by feeding an inducing current through the induction heating means. The inducing current is conducted by the conductors along the second joint in opposite directions in said at least two conductors.

Abstract: A frying arrangement includes a planar heating element (5) including a ferromagnetic material and constituting a frying surface. The arrangement includes at least two magnetic field generators (1, 2) each having two free ends, wherein the heating element is arranged in or close to a plane defined by the free ends. The magnetic field generators are controlled by a controller such that they are adapted to generate alternating magnetic fields in the planar heating element, wherein the magnetic fields are converted into heat in the heating element. The magnetic fields being such that the magnetic field through one of the free ends has an opposed direction as compared to the magnetic fields through the other free ends.

Abstract: A shrinking arrangement for a tool holder is provided which retains a rotary tool with a press fit in a central accommodation opening. The arrangement includes an induction-heating arrangement for thermally expanding the tool holder in the region of the accommodating opening. The induction-heating arrangement includes an induction-coil unit which is guided on a vertical guide column such that it can be displaced with its coil axis vertical and which is connected, in particular via a flexible cable, to an induction-current generator which is fixed in relation to the column, and in that arranged on the induction-coil unit is a contact switch which can be actuated manually and by means of which the supply of induction current to the induction-coil unit can be switched on and off in a freely selectable manner at least for a limited period of time.

Abstract: In a fixing device according to this invention, coils are formed on a coil bobbin having a predetermined shape at an induction heating portion including a plurality of coils. In order to minimize the temperature difference of a heating roller in the axial direction, the coil bobbin has a shape for holding the interval between the coils at a predetermined interval.

Abstract: In a transverse induction heating apparatus in which a material to be rolled is heated by inductors to which electric power is supplied from an AC power source, iron core widths of the inductors in a plate width direction of the material to be rolled are smaller than plate width of the material to be rolled, they are disposed on a plate width center line of the material to be rolled, and when a current penetration depth is ?(m), specific resistance of the material to be rolled is ?(?-m), magnetic permeability of the material to be rolled is ?(H/m), heating frequency of the AC power source is f (Hz), and plate thickness of the material to be rolled is tw (m), the heating frequency of the AC power source is set so that ?={?/(?·f·?)}1/2 and (tw/?)<0.95.

Abstract: The image heating apparatus includes a heating member, a first coil unit having a first holder in which a first excitation coil is sealed, the first excitation coil being provided for generating a magnetic field to induce an eddy current in the heating member, and a second coil unit having a second holder in which a second excitation coil is sealed, the second excitation coil being provided for generating a magnetic field to induce an eddy current in the heating member. The image heating apparatus having such structure enables easy assembly work while being capable of conducting nonuniform heating.

Abstract: The image heating apparatus includes a heating member, a first coil unit having a first holder in which a first excitation coil is sealed, the first excitation,coil being provided for generating a magnetic field to induce an eddy current in the heating member, and a second coil unit having a second holder in which a second excitation coil is sealed, the second excitation coil being provided for generating a magnetic field to induce an eddy current in the heating member. The image heating apparatus having such structure enables easy assembly work while being capable of conducting nonuniform heating.

Abstract: An induction heating type fixing device for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is disclosed. An inducting heating coil has a plurality of bobbins each having a particular diameter and assembled in a telescopic manner. A particular conductor is wound round each bobbin beforehand with leads being laid inside of the conductor. The bobbin may be implemented as a plurality of bobbin members removably connected together.

Abstract: An apparatus in the production of a package or a packaging material comprising at least one metal layer and one polymer layer, the apparatus including an inductor connectable to a high frequency current source. According to the invention, said inductor includes a core (1) of a ferromagnetically conductive material, the core displaying two shanks (5a, 5b) with an air gap (6) between a first respective end of these shanks (5a, 5b), as well as an arc section (7) which interconnects a second respective end of the two shanks (5a, 5b) with each other for conducting a magnetic flow (8) between the shanks, the arc section (7) displaying an electrically conductive coil (2) wound around same, the coil displaying connection points (3a, 3b, 11a, 11b, 11c) for said high frequency current source (4).

Abstract: A portable induction tool is provided for soldering or brazing sections of metal pipe together. A work coil head (with induction coil) is U-shaped, allowing placement of the head around lengths of pipe, heating a susceptor (e.g., the pipe) to form a joint, and then to be withdrawn after the pipe joint is made. In one form, the tool uses heat pipes to remove thermal energy from the head, and also a heat exchanger for higher-powered units. Power capacitors are generally included with the induction (work) coil to create a tank circuit of a resonant frequency. The induction coil uses Litz wire, copper tubing, or heat pipes with a conductive outer skin to carry the high-current being delivered to the induction coil. The induction coil has a general racetrack configuration, which is typically wound in a U-shape (or as a semicircle) as a single winding, with multiple turns.

Abstract: An excitation coil unit for use in an image heating apparatus includes a coil formed with a conductor without an insulation covering and a heat-resistant insulating material covering the coil. It is thus possible to obtain an image heating apparatus of induction heating type of a low cost.

Abstract: An apparatus and process are provided for induction heat treatment of electrically conductive workpieces. The inductor assembly is formed from a single piece inductor that utilizes an electrically non-conductive top, side and bottom frames to hold flux concentrators in place over the sides of the inductor. Flux concentrators can be changed by unfastening the frame members, removing the existing flux concentrators, inserting new flux concentrators, and fastening the frame members. One or more of the frame members may serve as a receiving chamber for supply of a quench medium to an induction heated workpiece positioned in an opening in the inductor.

Abstract: A holding plate for selectively heating and cooling samples in a solution has two opposing surfaces, and a plurality of cylindrically-shaped through-hole wells for holding the samples. Each well extends between the two surfaces of the holding plate, and has an aspect ratio of greater than 5:1, and a diameter less than approximately 500 microns. A metallic coating is applied by vapor deposition techniques on a surface of the holding plate. Importantly, this coating extends into each well through a distance of approximately one and a half well diameters for contact with the solution and the samples. A heat transfer device is thermally connected to the metallic coating for selectively heating and cooling the samples in the wells of the holding plate.

Abstract: An induction heating type fixing device for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is disclosed. An inducting heating coil has a plurality of bobbins each having a particular diameter and assembled in a telescopic manner. A particular conductor is wound round each bobbin beforehand with leads being laid inside of the conductor. The bobbin may be implemented as a plurality of bobbin members removably connected together.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the mechanical properties, especially the hardness, of journal crosses for use in articulated shafts. According to the invention, a superficial area which is defined by the transition surfaces between two journals that are adjacent to each other in the peripheral direction and the superficial areas of the peripheral surfaces of the adjacent journals that point in the peripheral direction is induction-hardened in one method step and then quenched with cooling agents.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus has an excitation coil for generating a magnetic field and a heating member for dissipating heat by an eddy current induced in the heating member by that magnetic field. A core is provided for guiding the magnetic field and the core includes a sheet-shaped multi-layered magnetic member and is held by a holder which includes a cramping portion to cramp the core with the cramping portion.

Abstract: A device for heating a roll in a paper or paperboard machine or in a finishing machine for paper or paperboard the device including a profiling induction heater (5) which is arranged to heat the roll (3) with a power dependent on the location of the point to be heated in the axial direction of the roll, and a non-profiling induction heater (4) which, to provide basic heating, is arranged to heat the same roll (3) with a heating power which is substantially even over the width of the roll (3). The profiling induction heater (5) and the non-profiling induction heater (4) are placed in the same support structure (1) outside the roll (3). The roll (3) is a calender roll.

Abstract: The method and apparatus are for use in automotive vehicle repair, both mechanical and body. The apparatus includes at least an eddy current/hysteretic circuit and at least one applicator functionally engaged to the circuit for obtaining a desired result when the applicator is placed into contact with structure of the vehicle to be affected by heating thereof.

Abstract: A fixing device uses induction heating for causing alternating current to pass through an electromagnetic induction coil, whereby the fixing device is provided within an endless member such as a roller. The fixing device includes a core having a curved surface. The fixing device also includes the coil which is wound around a first axis on the surface of the core, so as to cover the surface of said core. The fixing device further includes a heat resistant bundling band that is wound on the coil around a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis, so as to fix the coil to the core.

Abstract: A clinical test apparatus includes a reaction table (1) for placing a test piece thereon for reaction of the test piece with an analyte at a predetermined temperature to perform analysis. The clinical test apparatus includes a primary coil (3) fixed, as molded and sealed in resin, on a base facing the reverse surface of the reaction table (1) and supplied with alternating power, a secondary coil (4) mounted, as molded and sealed in resin, on the reverse surface of the reaction table (1) in facing relation to the primary coil (3) for inducing an electromotive force due to the alternating power supplied to the primary coil and a heater (5) built in the reaction table (1) for generating heat due to the electromotive force induced in the secondary coil.

Abstract: In transverse flux induction heating of electrically conductive strip, conductors that cross the strip width are stacked, or connected, such that a multiple of the induced current flows across the strip width as compared to that which flows along the strip edges. Conductors across the width of the strip and conductors along the edges of the strip are connected in series to insure that the current which flows in the conductors is everywhere the same. In the case of two stacked cross conductors, this gives an I2R heating of four times the heating across the strip width as compared to that along the strip edges.

Abstract: A heating device for the electromagnetic induction heating of a metal strip traveling in a specified direction. The device includes at least one electric coil arranged opposite at least one of the large surfaces of the strip so as to heat the latter by transverse magnetic flux induction, each coil being associated with at least one magnetic circuit. Each circuit is divided into a plurality of magnetically independent bars arranged parallel to the direction of travel of the strip. The bars may moved toward or away one another thereby adapting to the width of the strip and distributing the magnetic flux across the width of the strip.

Abstract: A fixing device comprising an endless heating member which is adapted to be contacted with a fixable member to thereby enable an image on the fixable member to be thermally fixed, an electromagnetic inductive coil member disposed close to the endless heating member and inductively heating the endless heating member, and an AC power supply circuit supplying an AC current to the electromagnetic inductive coil member. The coil member is constructed such that in a state where the coil member is positioned in the fixing device, a ratio between an inductance L of the coil member and a load resistance R of the coil member meets a condition of L/R<50×10−6 (H/&OHgr;).

Abstract: A device for degassing and brazing preassembled vacuum interrupters in only one brazing operation includes a base plate having at least one brazing site which features an opening of the base plate for connecting a suction pump and a bell which covers the opening and can be put on the base plate and lifted off. The bell is surrounded on the outside by an excitation coil to which medium- or high-frequency energy can be applied. The device includes a medium- or high-frequency generator for the excitation coil and with a cylindrical tubular susceptor arranged inside the bell for receiving at least one preassembled vacuum interrupter.

Abstract: A fixing device is provided, the fixing device using induction heating for causing alternating current to pass through an electromagnetic induction coil, provided inside a heating roller made of a metal, to cause the heating roller to generate heat to heat a member to be fixed, wherein the center of the coil in the axial and longitudinal direction is coincident with the center of a thermal load of the heating roller as a member to be heated.

Abstract: In the method for heating a roll in a paper or paperboard machine or finishing machine for paper or paperboard, several adjacent induction coils (2) are used which are located at different points in the axial direction of the roll, and said induction coils are made to move back and forth in the axial direction of the roll with respect to the roll (3) to be heated. The movement is utilized to even out such an irregular power distribution and correspondingly uneven heating response in the axial direction of the roll which result from the structure and/or mutual location of individual coils, and it can be used e.g. for profiled induction heating of a calender roll.

Abstract: In an induction heating coil unit for a manifold in a hot runner mold, it is possible to uniformly heat a material over the entire length of a runner. Also, a coil is easily attached to and detached from the manifold. The hot runner mold includes a fixed mold and a movable mold, and a space is provided along a side surface of the manifold on which clamping force applied by the fixed mold and the movable mold does not act. A coil is wound to the side surface along an axial line of a runner of the manifold within the space such that the manifold is induction-heated from the side surface.

Abstract: A coil/capacitor combination useable as an induction furnace includes a reactive capacitor bank directly bolted to the coil and protected from coil fields by shields and heat sink plates. The coil includes a selectively openable switch for placing the coil assembly on and off of a moving strip. The switch is operated by deflecting coil turns within the natural resiliency of the turns themselves.

Abstract: An induction heating coil assembly including modular cast refractory blocks (10, 12, 14, 16) encasing copper turns (24, 26). The blocks are configured so that the segmenting between blocks occurs at locations where refractory cracks have been prone to occur. The turns, and additional support rods (42, 44), are placed in tension and fastened against the end walls of the refractory blocks to place the blocks under compression to the extent that normal gravitational forces tending to place the refractory blocks in tension are overcome by the compressive forces of the turns and rods.

Abstract: An first induction hardening coil assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a coil having a top surface, an underside surface, and an inner coil curvature disposed between the top surface and the underside surface. The inner coil curvature extends approximately 180 degrees around a coil axis. The coil further includes a first end section adjacent a first end of the inner coil curvature which extends between the top surface and the underside surface. A second end section adjacent a second end of the inner coil curvature extends between the top surface and the underside surface. A support arm is connected to the coil and is constructed and arranged for providing an electrical connection between the coil and a source of electrical current. The support arm includes a current-in portion connected to the underside surface adjacent the first end section and a current-out portion connected to the top surface at a location which is between the first and second end sections.

Abstract: A device configured to be heated to a temperature sufficient to fuse an image forming substance to a sheet includes a hollow roller made of a conductive material and a coil arranged in a hollow portion of the hollow roller. The coil is configured to carry an electrical current that induces a current in the conductive material of the hollow roller such that the hollow roller becomes heated so as to fuse toner to a sheet. The coil is mounted on a member that is disposed in the hollow portion of the roller. The member includes various combinations of features that permit a reliable and safe operation of the induction heating apparatus such as recess and projections formed in the member to separate respective turns in the coil, a hollow center of the member that can be ventilated with a ventilation fan, and predefined gaps being maintained between the inside surface of the hollow roller and an outer surface of the coil.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a heat roller which is adapted to be moved at the same velocity as the transferring speed of a paper with an image thereon and is adapted to be contacted with the paper to thereby enable the image on the paper to be thermally fixed, and an induction heating mechanism for performing an induction heating of the heat roller. The induction heating mechanism includes a coil, and a supporter for supporting the coil, and the supporter has a frame structure which is partitioned into a plurality of sections which are partitioned in a direction perpendicular to the transferring direction of the paper.

Abstract: A fluid cooled electric conductor for induction heating of a workpiece includes a flexible conductor which is enclosed within an insulating tube. The conductor is supported within the tube so as to be surrounded by a fluid conducting space or spaces. A support arrangement supports the tube. Temperature sensors adjust the heating process by, for example, operating variable-length holders that support the tube in a spaced relationship with a workpiece.

Abstract: In an induction heating method for a manifold in a hot runner mold, it is possible to uniformly heat a material over the entire length of a runner. Also, a coil is easily attached to and detached from the manifold. The hot runner mold includes a fixed mold and a movable mold, and a space is provided along a side surface of the manifold on which clamping force applied by the fixed mold and the movable mold does not act. A coil is wound to the side surface along an axial line of a runner of the manifold within the space such that the manifold is induction-heated from the side surface.

Abstract: The tool comprises one or more core-coil assemblies 2 jacketed in an non-magnetic and electrically insulating, tubular outer housing, 10. The housing enables high power transfer efficiency. A structural skeleton 20 extends longitudinally through the tool for axially reinforcement. The core-coil assemblies 2 are encapsulated in epoxy 77 to mechanically rigidify and protect them as well as to isolate the coil windings 51 from the power bus 23 extending longitudinally of the core-coil assemblies through a peripheral busway 60, 61.

Abstract: An induction heating system for a thermal roller comprises a rotatable hollow roller jacket having flanges at opposite ends thereof, the flanges concentrically surrounding the axis of the roller jacket and the roller jacket defining an enclosed space, and an inductor arranged within the enclosed space and inductively coupled with the roller jacket, the inductor consisting of an inductor spool through which a current flows and a magnetic core formed by the roller jacket, the inductor spool comprising a plurality of elongated outer current conductors peripherally arrayed close to an inner surface of the roller jacket and extending parallel to the axis at least across the greatest surface width of the roller jacket, the inductive coupling with the roller jacket being adjustable in zones, and flanges concentrically surrounding the axis, the roller jacket flanges forming bearings for the inductor spool flanges.

Abstract: A multi-station induction heat treatment system is used for heat treating metal workpieces that have multiple generally cylindrical components whose axes are parallel to and offset from a common workpiece axis. The heat treatment system includes heat treatment stations that heat treat while the workpiece and inductor components are stationary. The system is particularly suited to the heat treatment of workpieces, such as crankshafts, that have an intervening non-symmetrically shaped component between two substantially cylindrically shaped components, some of which are not coaxial, that must be heat-treated.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for conductively bonding at least two conductors together. An inductive coil generates a magnetic field when electrical current is run therethrough. A magnetic concentrator is disposed near the inductive coil and adjacent which the two conductors can be positioned for concentrating the magnetic field on the conductors. The concentrator is independent of the conductors. Pressure is applied to the conductors. The concentrator concentrates the magnetic field generated by the inductive coil on the conductors, thereby heating the conductors under pressure and electrically bonding the conductors together.

Abstract: An induction heating type fixing device for an electrophotographic printer, facsimile apparatus, copier or similar image forming apparatus and an induced current generating member therefore are disclosed. A coil is wound round a bobbin applied with an adhesion preventing material. After the coil has been adhered by nonconductive adhesive by impregnation, the coil and bobbin subassembly is inserted into a hollow cylinder body formed of a heat-resistant insulating material. After the coil has been adhered to the cylindrical body, the bobbin is pulled out to produce the induced current generating member.

Abstract: A device configured to be heated to a temperature sufficient to fuse an image forming substance to a sheet includes a hollow roller made of a conductive material and a coil arranged in a hollow portion of the hollow roller. The coil is configured to carry an electrical current that induces a current in the conductive material of the hollow roller such that the hollow roller becomes heated so as to fuse toner to a sheet. The coil is mounted on a member that is disposed in the hollow portion of the roller. The member includes various combinations of features that permit a reliable and safe operation of the induction heating apparatus such as recess and projections formed in the member to separate respective turns in the coil, a hollow center of the member that can be ventilated with a ventilation fan, and predefined gaps being maintained between the inside surface of the hollow roller and an outer surface of the coil.

Abstract: A fixing device for an electrophotography system, which is capable of efficiently and uniformly heating an object to be heated, which has a coil capable of being easily produced and which is capable of being stably fixing a fixed material, is provided by preventing the distance between the going and returning portions of a certain turn of the coil from being too close to each other, by preventing the diameter of the coil from changing when the coil is wound, by providing a uniform gap between the coil and the inside surface of the heating roller over the whole length, by preventing the fixing performed by the heating roller to be affected by the turning ON/OFF of a power supply, by preventing noises from being generated from the coil ejecting portion, and by devising the procedure for efficiently winding the coil.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an induction heating fusing device in which the rotary heating member, such as a fusing roller or fusing belt, may be easily replaced. In order to attain this objective, the induction heating fusing device has a core, which forms a closed magnetic circuit, that comprises a first core component that runs though the empty space of the fusing roller, and a second core component that exists outside the empty space of the fusing roller, said core components being separable. The fusing roller, first core component and induction coil are housed in a casing, and comprise a fusing unit that may be replaceably mounted to the main unit of an image forming apparatus. During replacement of the fusing unit, the second core component remains in the image forming apparatus. The induction heating fusing device also has a pressurization means that causes the end surfaces of the first core component and the end surfaces of the second core component to be in pressure contact.

Abstract: An induction hardening apparatus for inductively heating and quench hardening a crankshaft includes an arrangement of two workstations similarly configured and a robotic device indexing the crankshaft from a first workstation to a second workstation. The induction hardening apparatus is designed with a single induction coil located at the first workstation for the sequential induction heating and quench hardening of the pins of the crankshaft. At the second workstation, a single induction coil is used for the bearing surfaces of the crankshaft. One feature of the present invention is that the induction coils do not contact the surfaces of the crankshaft which are being inductively heated and quench hardened. Crankshaft dimensions and geometry are prograrmned into servodrive systems which move the corresponding coil in X and Y directions accurately tracing the orbit or path of each pin and each bearing surface.

Abstract: A screed for a paver has a baseplate and at least one tamper bar arranged in front of the baseplate. The tamper bar extends transversely to the paving direction and is movable in upward and downward directions by means of an eccentric drive and is capable of being electrically heated. At least one coil is provided, which is arranged so as to be adjacent to the tamper bar and to which a high-frequency current may be applied by means of an electrical current source. The current flowing through the coil induces eddy currents in the tamper bar such that the tamper bar becomes heated.

Abstract: A getter heating coil assembly producing a focused magnetic field for heating objects in close proximity to the coil assembly. The coil assembly comprises electrical conductors wound on a coil bobbin, the coil bobbin having a central spindle around which the conductors are wound. The wound bobbin is assembled with a magnetic field concentrator, said field concentrator having a central core extending from a base, and a side wall extending from the base to enclose the wound bobbin. The central core of the field concentrator fits within the spindle on the bobbin and extends through it. The coil bobbin remains exposed on one side for emission of focused electromagnetic energy when alternating current is supplied to the coil windings. A button of high magnetic permeability material may be attached to the field concentrator for focusing the emitted electromagnetic energy toward the center of the coil.

Abstract: Apparatus for inductively heating and hardening diesel cam shaft lobes includes a table supporting an inductor for radial displacement relative to the lobe of a workpiece to be hardened and a master component having a lobe identical to that of the workpiece to be hardened and supported for rotation about an axis parallel to and laterally spaced from that of the workpiece. The master component and workpiece are rotated in synchronism, and a follower roll on the table engages the lobe of the master component to accurately maintain a desired air gap between the inductor and lobe of the workpiece during the hardening operation.

Abstract: An automatic plate bending system using high frequency induction heating has many universal poles for bearing a steel plate, a member to be heated, by supporting it from below, the height positions of front end portions of the universal poles themselves being adjustable, and automatically moves a high frequency heating coil of a high frequency heating head above the steel plate, which is placed on the universal poles, along predetermined heating lines while retaining a constant clearance between the high frequency heating coil and the surface of the steel plate, whereby the steel plate is heated and automatically bent into a desired shape.

Abstract: A method for forming electrical wires into flat coils for use in inductive devices wherein a rapid setting cement is used to maintain the wound wires prior to encapsulation thereof.

Abstract: An induction heating method and apparatus for simultaneously and efficiently fusing battery cell terminal posts and bushings in a battery production line. The apparatus includes an induction heating generator having a T-shaped bus bar for symmetrically supporting a plurality of pairs of induction heating coils, with one coil of each pair being supported on the forward side of a transverse bus bar section and the other coil of each pair being supported on a rear side of the transverse bus bar section. The coils each have respective mounting structures for permitting individual vertical adjustment of the coil with respect to the bus bar to enable uniform positioning of the coils with respect to a plurality of bushings and terminal posts for effecting uniform depth fusion of the plurality of posts and bushings.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for inductively heating a refractory shaped member provided with an internal space, particularly for a metallurgical vessel, enable as rapid, uniform heating of the shaped member as possible. An inner inductor is introduced into the internal space, the shaped member is heated from the interior by such inductor, and the inductor then is removed from the internal space.