DEVICE FOR HEATING A PLURALITY OF FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS

摘要

A device for heating a plurality of functional or receiving elements, such as a cam, balancing mass, gearwheel and/or a bearing, may include a plurality of holding balconies disposed above one another along an axis each associated with a respective receiving element, a plurality of workstations includes a loading station, a heating station and an unloading station, and an induction heating device including a plurality of accommodation elements. The plurality of holding balconies may be individually movable in an axial direction of an axis, and/or having a greater spacing in the axial direction with respect to one another in the loading station and/or the unloading station than in the heating station. The plurality of accommodation elements may be jointly adjustable in the axial direction.

主权项

1. A device for heating a plurality of receiving elements, comprising:
a plurality of holding balconies disposed above one another along an axis and each associated with a respective receiving element, having a cutout for a shaft; a plurality of workstations including at least one loading station, at least one heating station and at least one unloading station; the plurality of holding balconies are individually adjustable in an axial direction of the axis relative to one another; the plurality of holding balconies having a greater spacing in the axial direction with respect to one another in the at least one loading station and the at least one unloading station than in the at least one heating station; and an induction heating device including a plurality of accommodation elements jointly adjustable in the axial direction wherein a respective accommodation element of the plurality of accommodation elements is associated with each receiving element to be heated, wherein a number of the plurality of accommodation elements corresponds to a number of the plurality of holding balconies.