Induction hardening and heating systems as well as contract hardening for small and large series
INDUCTOHEAT Europe GmbH
Reichenbach (headquarters, contract hardening shop) · Rossdorf (contract hardening shop)New on Amplifa
About INDUCTOHEAT Europe
INDUCTOHEAT Europe is a company of the internationally active Inductotherm Group and specializes in induction heat treatment. At its German headquarters in Reichenbach, the company develops, manufactures and distributes standard and special systems for induction heating, hardening and tempering with around 100 employees – from small systems with cycle times of about one second to systems with outputs in the several-hundred-kilowatt range. This includes power converters, cooling systems, inductors and process management systems. In addition to systems engineering, it operates two contract hardening shops in Reichenbach and Rossdorf, where hardening work of all kinds is carried out in small and large series. The range of services includes process development with a metallurgical laboratory, inductor manufacturing and repair, customer training, maintenance, spare parts supply and machine upgrades. Customers include industries such as metal processing, forming technology/forging and automotive, among others for camshafts, crankshafts, gears and linear rails. As a member of the Inductotherm Group (more than 40 companies, represented worldwide), INDUCTOHEAT Europe can draw on an international network of technology and service centers.
- Site
- Reichenbach
- Processes
- Induction hardening (contract hardening, small and large series), Induction heating, Induction tempering, Forge heating (billet heating for forging and hot forming), Annealing / stress-relief annealing, Joining / brazing / soldering / gluing (brazing, soldering, gluing, connecting), Shrink-fitting (shrinking) / preheating, Sheet and strip heating (sheet and strip heating)
- Materials
- Copper, Epoxy resin (inductive curing), Epoxy resin / plastic coating
- Certificates
- ISO 9001
- Employees
- approx. 100
- Industries
- Metal processing, Forming technology/Forging, Automotive, Heat treatment, Automotive (camshafts, crankshafts, gears, guides)
- 01
Process development in the metallurgical laboratory
- 02
Design and engineering
- 03
Systems engineering (standard and special systems)
- 04
Inductor manufacturing and repair
- 05
Contract hardening (job-shop production)
- 06
Maintenance, service and spare parts
Processes and Materials
Copper
Used for in-house inductor manufacturing and repair as well as for copper tube annealing (sections and in-line).
Epoxy resin / plastic coating
Inductive curing of epoxy resins and melting of plastic coatings.
Sites
Reichenbach
DEHeadquarters: development, production, sales as well as contract hardening shop
- Lot size
- Small to large series
- Materials
- Steels (induction hardening, heating, tempering), copper (inductors/annealing)
- INDUCTOSCAN FLEX
- INDUCTOSCAN Platinum
- INDUCTOSCAN MOVE
- STATITRON IFP (up to 200 kW)
- Modular induction heating systems for billets (forge heaters)
- Custom hardening systems with Sharp-C technology (CrankPro)
Rossdorf
DEContract hardening shop (Contract Hardening)
- Lot size
- Small to large series
- Materials
- Steels (induction hardening, tempering)
- Induction hardening systems for contract hardening
Typical Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Induction hardening (contract hardening, small and large series)Heat treatment | – | – | – | Small series – Large series | – |
| Induction heatingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | – |
| Induction temperingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | – |
| Forge heating (billet heating for forging and hot forming)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | – |
| Annealing / stress-relief annealingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Copper |
| Joining / brazing / soldering / gluing (brazing, soldering, gluing, connecting)Joining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shrink-fitting (shrinking) / preheatingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sheet and strip heating (sheet and strip heating)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | – |
| Curing of epoxy resins / melting of plastic coatingsHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Epoxy resin, Plastic coating |
| Systems engineering of custom induction hardening and heating systems incl. process developmentEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Inductor manufacturing and inductor repairEngineering | – | – | – | – | Copper |
| Custom hardening systems for linear rails, screws, camshafts, drive shaftsHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | – |
8 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modular induction hardening system (INDUCTOSCAN FLEX) | INDUCTOHEAT INDUCTOSCAN-flex | – | – | – | Reichenbach |
| Compact vertical hardening system (INDUCTOSCAN PLATINUM) | INDUCTOHEAT INDUCTOSCAN Platinum | – | – | – | Reichenbach |
| Vertical hardening system with indexing table (INDUCTOSCAN MOVE) | INDUCTOHEAT INDUCTOSCAN MOVE | – | – | – | Reichenbach |
| STATITRON IFP power converter (variable frequency, up to 200 kW) | INDUCTOHEAT STATITRON IFP | – | – | – | Reichenbach |
| Modular induction heating systems for billets (forge heaters) | INDUCTOHEAT | – | – | – | – |
| Custom hardening systems incl. Sharp-C technology (CrankPro, static induction heat treatment for | INDUCTOHEAT CrankPro (Sharp-C) | – | – | – | – |
| Customer systems/production systems (induction systems for heating, hardening, tempering) | INDUCTOHEAT | – | – | – | Reichenbach |
| Contract hardening shops (2 sites) | INDUCTOHEAT | 2 | – | – | Reichenbach, Rossdorf |
Additional services
Quality
Process development is supported by an in-house metallurgical laboratory. Systems, inductor manufacturing and the contract hardening shops are part of a group-wide network for engineering, manufacturing and metrology within the Inductotherm Group.
| Evidence | Reichenbach | Rossdorf |
|---|---|---|
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1953
Start of operations of the Inductotherm Group, to which INDUCTOHEAT Europe belongs today