Optimized design of induction heating coils: Technology-adapted solution
Issue title: Selected papers from the International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2019
Guest editors: Paolo Di Barba, Maria Evelina Mognaschi and Sławomir Wiak
Affiliations: [a] Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Pavia University, Pavia, Italy | [b] Department of Industrial Engineering, Padova University, Padova, Italy | [c] Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, Varese, Italy
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Corresponding author: Maria Evelina Mognaschi, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Tel.: +39 0382985785; Fax: +39 0382422583; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: In industrial manufacturing process for tube production the stress relieving is achieved by heating the part to be treated at a very uniform temperature. In the paper, the optimized design of an inductor for stress relieving at temperature close to 600° is considered. The design of the inductor is initially performed by means an automated-design using optimization algorithms and objective functions that are minimized. In the range of obtained solutions, some of them appear more promising in terms of heating uniformity. Starting from these improved solutions, a technologically acceptable solution is proposed. This technological feasible solution is selected between the ones obtained by means of a multi-objective optimization procedure and suitably adapted in order to achieve not only the technological targets but also a cost-effective design.
