Apparatus for joining metal pieces using induction heating
US6184508A · kind A · utility
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Inventors
- Shigeru Isoyama
- Takeshi Hirabayashi
- Hideyuki Nikaido
- Toshiaki Amagasa
- Nozomu Tamura
- Takahiro Yamasaki
- Masashi Osada
- Hirosuke Yamada
- Toshisada Takechi
- Norio Takashima
- Junzo Nitta
- Shuji Amanuma
- Kanji Hayashi
- Akio Kuroda
- Yoshiki Mito
- Kunio Miyamoto
- Kazuo Morimoto
- Ikuo Wakamoto
- Kazuya Tsurusaki
- Hideo Sakamoto
- Michio Hashimoto
- Hiroyuki Nakano
- Toshinobu Eguchi
- Fumihiro Maeda
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23K2101/18
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for joining metal pieces using induction heating. Preceding and succeeding metal pieces are followed by a carriage which carries an inductor. The inductor has the ability to move in the longitudinal direction of the metal pieces relative to the carriage to allow the inductor to move more or less upon the preceding or succeeding metal pieces to increase or decrease the induction heating effect, thereby taking into account any thickness variation of the metal pieces and yet still heating them evenly with regard to each other, prior to their being pressed against each other for joining before hot finishing rolling.
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