Questions tagged [induction-heater]
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According to my understanding, this induction heater should be melted, but it's not. Why not?
I opened up this induction heater to find that it only has maybe 12 AWG wire in its work coil, rated for 30 A RMS. I've been doing induction heater simulations for a project, and the two topologies I've looked at (series and parallel half-bridge…
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Why doesn't an induction heater and an induction ring launcher produce the same effect?
I want to know why an induction heater and an induction ring launcher don't produce the same effect. Both seem to use AC voltage to power a solenoid(which induces a voltage in a pipe) so why doesn't the induction heater launch the pipe inside it, or…
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How to model the workcoil and workpiece in an induction heater?
I'm trying to simulate an induction heater, and I'd first like to start with the load. Sorry if this is a little wordy...
I understand the coil and workpiece are treated as a transformer, where the workpiece is treated as a single-winding secondary…
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Induction cooktop tripping breaker (the IGBT was just repaced)
I have replaced the burned IGBT + added a new thermal paste, and it worked fine for about 10 minutes on the lower power setting, but when I turned it up to max it failed after a few seconds. I haven't opened it after the second failure yet, but I…
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ZVS induction heater gets really hot diodes
I'm an embedded software developer and am trying to up my electronics and board design knowledge. As a good first exercise I made a ZVS induction heater. project link
Once assembled I was happy to see that it worked! The oscillation is happening…
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