TRANSVERSE FLUX ELECTRIC INDUCTION HEAT TREATMENT OF A DISCRETE WORKPIECE IN A GAP OF A MAGENTIC CIRCUIT

摘要

Discrete workpieces move through a longitudinally-oriented through-gap in an open-box rectangular ferromagnetic material. A transverse magnetic flux is established in the through-gap inductively heats the discrete workpieces moving through longitudinally-oriented through-gap. A longitudinal axis of the workpiece or the planar surface of a planar workpiece is oriented either parallel to, or perpendicular to, transverse magnetic flux to heat treat the workpiece.