Method and system for control of on-site induction heating
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1. An induction heating system, comprising:
- a power source operable to produce an alternating current to inductively heat a workpiece;
a controller operable to control operation of the power source, wherein the controller is operable to receive programming instructions to selectively increase and decrease workpiece temperature at a desired rate of change and to automatically control operation of the power source to provide inductive heat to the workpiece to selectively increase and decrease the workpiece temperature at the desired rate of change; and
a temperature feedback device operable to provide the controller with an electrical signal representative of the workpiece temperature.
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Abstract
A workpiece heating system having an induction heating power source and a controller. The controller is operable to control the operation of the power source according to programming instructions received from a user. The controller enables a user to establish a sequence of inductive heating operations to be performed automatically by the induction heating system from among a selection of inductive heating operations. A temperature feedback device may be included to provide the controller with the workpiece temperature. A data recorder may be provided to receive and record the workpiece temperature.
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1. An induction heating system, comprising:
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a power source operable to produce an alternating current to inductively heat a workpiece; a controller operable to control operation of the power source, wherein the controller is operable to receive programming instructions to selectively increase and decrease workpiece temperature at a desired rate of change and to automatically control operation of the power source to provide inductive heat to the workpiece to selectively increase and decrease the workpiece temperature at the desired rate of change; and a temperature feedback device operable to provide the controller with an electrical signal representative of the workpiece temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An induction heating system, comprising:
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an induction heating power source;
a temperature feedback device operable to provide the system with workpiece temperature data; anda controller operable to control operation of the induction heating power source to increase workpiece temperature to an elevated temperature and to reduce workpiece temperature from the elevated temperature to a lower temperature at a desired rate of temperature decrease automatically in response to programming instructions and the workpiece temperature data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system controller for an induction heating system, comprising:
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a control unit operable to control operation of an inductive heating power source automatically in response to programming instructions; and a user interface to enable a user to provide the programming instructions to the control unit, wherein the user interface enables a user to establish a sequence of inductive heating operations to be performed automatically by the induction heating system from a selection of inductive heating operations to control the rate of temperature change in a workpiece. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for heating a workpiece, comprising:
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a power source electrically coupleable to an induction heating device; and a system controller, comprising; a control unit operable to control operation of an inductive heating power source automatically in response to programming instructions; and a user interface to enable a user to provide the programming instructions to the control unit, wherein the user interface enables a user to establish a sequence of inductive heating operations from a selection of inductive heating operations that may be performed automatically by the induction heating system to control the rate of temperature change in a workpiece. - View Dependent Claims (26, 28)
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27. A system for heating a workpiece, comprising:
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an induction heating device; a power source operable to transmit power to the induction heating device; a controller operable to control operation of the power source automatically to heat the workpiece according to a desired workpiece temperature profile, wherein the controller is operable to heat the workpiece at a first rate of temperature increase during a first portion of the workpiece temperature profile and to heat the workpiece at a second rate of temperature increase during a second portion of the workpiece temperature profile, the second rate of temperature increase being different than the first rate of temperature increase.
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