Additive manufactured magnetic flux concentrators for induction heating applications

Issue title: Selected papers from the International Conference Heating by Electromagnetic Sources - HES 2019

Guest editors: Paolo Di Barba, Fabrizio Dughiero, Michele Forzan and Elisabetta Sieni

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Steinberg, Thomas^a; | Baake, Egbert^a | Kollenberg, Wolfgang^b | Schultz, Kai M.^b | Leonhardt, André^c | Kräusel, Verena^c | Walther, Thomas^d

Affiliations: [a] Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Electrotechnology, Hannover, Germany | [b] WZR ceramic solutions GmbH, Rheinbach, Germany | [c] TU Chemnitz, Institute for Machine Tools and Production Processes, Chemnitz, Germany | [d] EMA-TEC GmbH, Sondershausen, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Thomas Steinberg, Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Electrotechnology, Wilhelm-Busch-Str. 4, 30167 Hannover, Germany. Tel.: +49 511 762 5116; Fax: +49 511 762 3275; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: This paper deals with the numerical simulation and experimental investigation of magnetic flux concentrators (MFC) in particular with innovative additive manufactured MFC for induction heating applications. The novel type of magnetic flux concentrators presented in this paper is based on ferromagnetic particles embedded in ceramic matrix material guaranteeing high temperature mechanical stability and good magnetic performance. The additive manufacturing provides flexible, customized and complex geometry design of the MFC.

Keywords: Magnetic flux concentrator, generative manufacturing, induction heating

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-209119

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 63, no. S1, pp. S31-S39, 2020