Automotive Applications for Induction Heating

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Shrink fitting aluminum pulley to insert inner bearing
Heating encapsulated ceramic thermostat for testing
Heating lead battery terminal for removal from plastic cover for recycling
Heat a compacted litz wire bundle for stripping
Braze an end plug on a stainless steel car grill
Inserting a piston stop with o-ring into an oil pump assembly
Curing Aluminum Car Moulding
Annealing steel regulator bases for fuel injection system
Atmospheric Brazing hydraulic hose assemblies
Bonding vinyl trim
Bonding rubber gaskets to a steel gas intake manifold
Case Hardening an armature shaft
Copper Brazing an oil suction assembly
Curing adhesive on aluminum auto trim
Curing adhesive inside a steel motor shaft
Curing adhesive on rear view mirror brackets
Hardening steel seat belt retractor gears at
Heating engine valve heads
Pre-heating a truck axle seam
Heat Staking steel studs into a plastic tail light
Heat Staking brass inserts into plastic sub-assembly
Shrink Fitting 2" thick steel cam shaft gears
Shrink Fitting steel parts into an aluminum fuel pump housing
Soldering a radio antenna
Soldering flexible electrical circuits
Heating the end of catalytic converter for weld testing
Fitting a cast iron rocker arm
Heating Aluminum Auto Trim for Adhesive Curing
Heat aluminum for brazing an automotive assembly
Heating of Steel Rivet Ends (Turbines)
Heating steel liners (engine head)
Heating a motor prior to adding an injection molded part
Inserting Steel Studs Into A Plastic Tail Light
Sealing a Nylon Shell for a fuel vapor Assembly
Shrink fitting an assembled wrist pin into a connecting rod
Hardening Seat Belt Parts


Within the automotive industry, induction heating has traditionally been used in the manufacture of large-scale parts for the main body, engine, electrical, steering, fuel and exhaust systems. With the broad operating frequency range of our Ameritherm RF power supplies, we're able to heat parts of virtually any size. Larger parts such as camshaft gears can be heated at lower frequencies while smaller parts such as flexible electrical circuits are effectively heated at higher frequencies.

Brazing, soldering, molding, adhesive curing, annealing, hardening, heat staking metal-to-plastic, shrink fitting, bonding and many other processes all benefit from the many advantages offered by modern solid-state induction heating systems.