Computer Modeling Archives - Inductoheat Inc

August 6th, 2012

Computer Modeling the Preheating of Carbon Steel Pipe Ends Prior to Welding

Metal tubing is used in many different products, which requires a wide range of process concepts including induction heating. Although there are many similarities, several process features and physical phenomena […]

July 5th, 2012

FEA Modeling Helps Avoid Oil-Hole Cracking

Inappropriate coil design parameters and process recipe may result in crack development near oil holes. Longitudinal and transverse holes an induction heated component can cause an undesirable redistribution of eddy […]

June 1st, 2012

FEA Modeling of Thread Annealing Using Induction Heating

Important processing steps after hardening a steel part include tempering, stress relieving, and subcritical annealing. The transformation to martensite through quenching creates a very hard structure with low ductility. Untempered […]

March 29th, 2012

FEA Modeling of Induction Heating RCS Billets and Bars

Induction heating is commonly used to heat cylindrical workpieces and rectangular shaped parts including RCS (round-corner-square) billets and bars, blooms, slabs, and plates. The uniformity specifications may include maximum tolerable […]

March 2nd, 2012

Importance of Proper Modeling of Cooling

Professor Induction column of February issue of HTRro eNews reviewed the case study illustrating how numerical computer modeling helps optimizing design of induction coil and heating process recipe for SpinductionTM […]

January 31st, 2012

Superior induction heating design with computer modeling

Numerical computer modeling is a major factor in the successful design of induction heating systems. Induction heating is a complex combination of electromagnetics, heat transfer, and metallurgical phenomena involving many […]

January 9th, 2012

Computer Modeling of Induction Forging Applications

The majority of commercial codes used for computer modeling of induction heating processes are all-purpose programs originally developed for modeling processes occurring in electrical machines, motors, circuit breakers, transformers, and […]

December 19th, 2011

Induction Contour Hardening of Bevel, Hypoid and Pinion Gears

Article discusses unique technology that allows the replacement of carburizing with induction contour hardening for a wide range of complex-shaped components, including parts previously thought to be impossible to induction […]

September 26th, 2011

Tips for Computer Modeling of Induction Heating Process

Certain numerical computational methods or software are preferred for each family of induction heating applications. There is not a single universal computational method that optimally fits all types of applications. […]

August 15th, 2011

Computer Modeling Techniques for Induction: FDM, FEM, BEM

Certain numerical methods or software are preferred for each type of induction heating application. There is not a single universal computational method that optimally fits all types of applications. In […]

August 8th, 2011

Induction Computer Modeling at Heat Treat Show 2011

ASM Heat Treat Conference; Cincinnati, OH Monday, October 31 – Room: 238 – 11:30 a.m. Unique Computer Modeling Approaches for Simulation of Induction Heat Treating Applications. Dr. Valery Rudnev, Inductoheat Inc., Madison […]

July 11th, 2011

Computer Modeling – Numerical Computation Techniques

Even a cursory look at a comparison of network meshes used by different numerical methods reveals that depending upon specifics of a particular induction application; a particular type of mesh […]