Medical Applications For Induction Heating

Induction heating is used in a wide variety of applications involving the manufacture of finished medical devices and electronics. Catheter tipping and forming, molding, small tool brazing, adhesive curing, annealing, precision soldering, hardening, metal-to-plastic bonding and other processes all benefit from the many advantages offered by modern solid state induction heating systems:

Our compact HOTSHOT 1kW RF power supply and remote heat station offer tremendous heating flexibility! After you position your part inside the heating coil (far left), it is quickly heated to the desired temperature without flame or gaseous exhaust.

Maximum Repeatability	Fast Cycle Time	All Solid State
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Typical Medical Applications

Soldering brass and copper (anesthetic medical equipment)
Annealing steel tubes to 2000°F within 30 seconds in an inert atmosphere.
Bonding a plastic handle to a surgical knife at 450°F within two seconds.
Brazing a medical heat sensing probe at 1300°F within 60 seconds.
Brazing steel dental tools at 1300°F within three seconds.
Brazing steel orthodontic parts at 1300°F within 1 second.
Catheter Tipping teflon tubing at 700°F within 8 seconds.
Hardening surgical blades at 2000°F within 2 seconds.
Heating a catheter tipping die to 400°F within 3 seconds.
Heat Setting a shape memory alloy (Nitinol) at 975°F for fifteen minutes.
Plastic Reflow with catheter tubing at 250°F within 5 seconds.
Shrink Fitting a graphite ring insert into an outer steel band at 1000°F in 14 seconds.

For complete details on the above applications and lots more, visit our On-Line Applications Database or just download the book!

Medical Applications

for Precision Induction Heating

Typical Medical Applications