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(1)
where
=
f
r 0
is the penetration depth, D is the wire diameter, is the electrical
resistivity,
r
is the permeability,
0
is the absolute one and f the exciting magnetic field
frequency. All these parameters are functions of the temperature and, in the ferromagnetic
case, both of the temperature and the exciting magnetic field intensity H
0
. Since the H
0
value
is linked to the throughput target, the permeability is a consequence and in this way is
determined the working frequency range of the induction furnace in order to do the heat
treatment for all size strands. In Table 2 are given productions and working data of an
induction furnace. The frequency values are calculated taking into consideration the heating
of single wires. Therefore, for magnetic wires, also frequencies between 1 and 2.5 kHz can be
used if the possible contact among wires is taken into consideration; however, in this case, no
particular economical advantages can be given by the reduction of the working frequency.
Table 2 - Summarising data of a throughput schedule in case of magnetic strands. H
0
and f
MF
are the magnetic field amplitude and the medium frequency value necessary to
obtain a good heat treatment.
Strand Output P
T
H
0
r
f
MF
Diam. Diam. Diam.
WIRE
(to 20C)
inches (mm) (mm) (Kg/h) (W) (A/cm) (-) (Hz)
3/8" 9.3 3.10 2578 133884 507 27.6 5028
7/16" 11.1 3.70 4187 217445 646 20.7 4706
1/2" 12.5 4.17 6176 320740 785 16.5 4648
6/10" 15.2 5.07 6013 312275 774 16.8 3088
7/10" 17.8 5.93 6215 322766 787 16.4 2313
A different situation arise when heating non-magnetic wires (e.g. inox). In this case, the
reduction of frequency corresponding to the values of Table 3 - calculated taking into
consideration the heating of single wire (column A) or the possible contact among wires
(column B) - allows the designer to obtain considerable economical advantages. Moreover, a
reduction of efficiency is acceptable in this case, taking into account the usually limited
annual production of non-magnetic wires, as compared to magnetic ones.
Table 3 - Optimal heating frequency for no-magnetic strand steel 18Cr8Ni;
20C
= 69.5
cm;.
400C
= 97.6 cm.
Strand f
AF
m m
WIRE
EQUAL
A B (to 20C) (to 400C)
inches mm mm (kHz) (kHz) - -
1/2" 4.17 11.0 182 26 3 2.53
6/10" 5.07 13.4 123 18 3 2.53
7/10" 5.93 15.7 90 13 3 2.53
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Coil Efficiency
The coil efficiency may be evaluated by means of the following formula:
=
+
1
1
2
COIL
r WIRE
i i
A k
P
(2)
where
COIL
is the resistivity of the coil,
WIRE
and
r
are the resistivity and permeability of
the wire; Ai, ki and P active power coefficients of inductor and load; coupling coefficient
between inductor and wire. In Figure 6 are shown the values for magnetic and non magnetic
strand.
3 4 5 6 7
1
10
100
mm
1
2
Figure 6 - Line 1 shows the typical efficiency of a coil when is a magnetic strand heated. Line
2 shows the efficiency for non-magnetic strand, the upper curve is referred to the heating
done at 50 kHz with good electrical contact between the wires; the lower curve is referred to
the heating done at 50 kHz with absence of a good electrical contact between the wires. In x-
axis is indicated the wire diameter that forms the strand.
50 kHz results to be the optimum frequency for the heat treatment over Curie point of the
pre-stressed steel wire. In fact in case of heat treatment of wire with diameter from 5 to 14
mm and heating temperature from 750C to 1000C the optimum working frequency is shown
in Table 4. As can be seen the 50 kHz frequency is good for wire with diameter 7 e 14 mm,
while results fair for 5 and 6 mm only.
Table 4 - Value of parameter m in case of over Curie heating for Ulbond wire at 50 kHz.
Electrical resistivity value at 750C equal to 100 cm, at 1000C is 111 cm.
f
- (mm) 5 7 9 11 14
f
AF
- (kHz) 50 50 50 50 50
m (to 750C) (-) 1.58 2.21 2.84 3.47 4.42
m (to 1000C) (-) 1.46 2.04 2.63 3.21 4.08
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REFERENCES
L.ARTUSO, F.DUGHIERO, S,LUPI, S.PARTISANI, P.FACCHINELLI: Installations for the Continuos
Induction Heat Treatment of Wire, UIE XIII Congress on Electricity Applications, Birmingham, 16-20 June
1996
J.REBOUX, B.LAPOSTOLLE, J.C.BRUNE: Contribubution du chaufagge par induction la modernisation
des lignes de traitement thermique dans les trfileries de fil dacier, Journes dEtude, Versailles, 5-6 Avril
1978
J.P.METAIL: Induction moyenne frquence applique au chauffage de fil - Etude des paramtres de
rendement nergtique, Journes dEtude, Versailles, 5-6 Avril 1978
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