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Apparatus and method of measuring temperature

US5250776A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1991
Grant dateOct 5, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B6/06
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for measuring the temperature and heating rate of a workpiece during the induction heating cycle by inducing and detecting a plurality of eddy current pulses at varying frequencies during a short power interruption to the induction coil and correlating the pulses to generate a workpiece profile which is compared to a reference profile to determine whether to reject the inductively heated workpiece.

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