Tailored Heating Of Billets For Hot Forming Using An Induction Heating Approach

This paper deals with an induction heating approach in order to realize a tailored heating of round billets for hot forming processes. In particular, this work examines the limits in which tailor-made temperature profiles can be achieved in the billet. In this way, a flow stress distribution based on the temperature field in the material can be set in a targeted manner, which is decisive for forming processes. The peculiarity of the tailored heating approach is that, in contrast to partial heating, where only partial areas are heated, the entire component is heated to the target