JP4890278B2 - Metal plate induction heating device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an induction heating apparatus for ferrous and non-ferrous metal plates such as iron and aluminum. Especially for induction heating devices that efficiently heat metal plates even in non-magnetic state, regardless of whether the metal plate is thin or thick, especially induction heating that suppresses overheating of the end of the metal plate or controls the temperature accurately. Relates to the device.

  Induction heating by high frequency current of metals is widely used for heat treatment including quenching. Iron and non-ferrous thin plates such as steel plates and aluminum plates are also used for conventional gas heating for the purpose of controlling the material during the manufacturing process, increasing the heating rate, improving productivity, and adjusting production volume freely. It has been used as a heating method instead of indirect heating by electric heating.

  There are two main methods for induction heating a metal plate. One is a so-called LF (longitudinal magnetic flux) in which a high frequency current is passed through an induction coil that surrounds a metal plate, and the generated magnetic flux penetrates the longitudinal direction of the metal plate to generate an induced current in the cross section of the metal plate and heat it. Between the inductors by placing an induction heating method called “heating” method and a magnetic material called an inductor wound with a primary coil, and passing the magnetic flux generated by passing a current through the primary coil through the inductor. This is a TF (transverse heating method) system in which an induction current is generated in the plane of the metal plate and induction heating is caused by passing the magnetic flux flowing through the metal plate so as to cross.

  Although LF induction heating has good temperature distribution uniformity, the induced current generated circulates in the cross section of the plate, but due to the current penetration depth, the frequency of the power supply is increased when the plate thickness is thin. Without induction current, non-magnetic materials, or even magnetic materials that exceed the Curie point temperature, have a problem that the penetration depth of the current becomes deep, so that thin plates cannot be heated. .

  On the other hand, the induction heating of the TF method can reduce the leakage magnetic flux by using the inductor with a small magnetic resistance and the feature that the magnetic flux penetrates the plane of the metal plate and can be heated without distinction of plate thickness, magnetic and non-magnetic. Since the magnetic flux can be concentrated between the inductors facing the front and back of the metal plate, the heating efficiency is high.

  On the other hand, there is a problem that the temperature distribution is likely to be non-uniform, and there is a problem that when the metal plate is not at the center of the opposing inductor, the magnetic material is attracted to one of the inductors and a temperature deviation is more likely to occur.

  Further, in the case of TF type induction heating, there is a drawback that it is difficult to cope with meandering in a plate width change or a continuous plate line.

  In order to solve these problems, Patent Document 1 discloses that the single-turn coils on the front surface and the back surface in the traveling direction of the band plate are shifted.

  Patent Document 2 proposes a diamond-shaped induction coil in which the long axis of the induction heating coil facing the material to be heated is curved.

  Patent Document 3 proposes an induction coil that shifts an induction coil that circulates around a metal plate in the traveling direction by the inventor.

JP 2002-43042 A JP 2002-151245 A JP 2005-209608 A

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing conventional LF induction heating. Surrounding the metal plate 1 to be heated with the induction coil 2 connected to the high frequency power source 3 and passing the primary current 5, the magnetic flux 4 penetrates the metal plate 1 and is induced around the magnetic flux 4. An electric current is generated, and the metal plate 1 is heated by the generated induced current. FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing how an induced current is generated in the cross section of the metal plate 1.

Due to the magnetic flux 4 penetrating the metal plate 1, an induced current 6 flows in a direction opposite to the primary current 5 flowing in the induction coil 2 in the cross section of the metal plate 1. The induced current 6 flows from the surface of the metal plate 1 in a concentrated manner within the range of the current penetration depth δ represented by the equation (1).
δ [mm] = 5.03 × 10 ⁺⁵ (ρ / μrf) ^0.5 (1) where ρ: specific resistance [Ωm], μr: relative permeability [−], f: heating frequency [Hz]

  As shown in FIG. 2, the generated induced current 6 flows in opposite directions on the front and back sides of the plate cross section. Therefore, when the current penetration depth δ increases, the induced currents on the front and back sides of the plate cancel each other. It will stop flowing.

  Since ρ increases with increasing temperature, δ becomes deeper with increasing temperature. Further, in the case of a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic magnetic material, μr decreases as the temperature rises and approaches the Curie point, and μr becomes 1 when the Curie point is exceeded.

  Further, the nonmagnetic material also has a μr of 1. When μr decreases, the current penetration depth δ increases in the temperature range from just before the Curie point to the Curie point in the case of non-magnetic material or magnetic material from Formula 1, and heating is possible with a thin plate to be heated. It will disappear.

  For example, when the heating frequency is 10 [KHz], the current penetration depth δ of various metals at room temperature is about 1 [mm] for nonmagnetic aluminum, about 4.4 [mm] for SUS304, and for steel of magnetic material Whereas it is approximately 0.2 [mm], the current penetration depth δ is approximately 5 [mm] at 750 ° C. when the steel, which is a magnetic material, exceeds the Curie point.

  In order that the front and back currents generated in the plate do not cancel each other, the plate thickness needs to be at least 10 [mm], and in order to efficiently turn on the power, a thickness of about 15 [mm] is required. .

  In general, the heat treatment is intended for various thicknesses from a thin plate such as a foil of several tens of μm to a thick plate exceeding 100 mm.

  For example, steel plates used for automobiles and home appliances, which are representative materials for metal plates that are used in large quantities, are usually thinner than about 3 [mm] after cold rolling, especially 2 [mm]. In many cases: In order to heat these materials by the LF method, it is necessary to increase the heating frequency to several hundreds [KHz] or more, but there is a hardware limit in the production of a large-capacity and high-frequency power supply on an industrial scale. It is often difficult to achieve.

  The method of Patent Document 1 is considered to be a kind of TF system in which induction coils are arranged above and below the plate, and magnetic flux generated in the traveling direction of the metal plate is alternately generated in the opposite direction, but the upper and lower coils are displaced. Therefore, it is considered that the areas where the magnetic fluxes generated by the upper and lower coils cancel each other and the areas where the magnetic flux obliquely crosses the belt plate can be alternated to prevent the magnetic flux from concentrating.

  Therefore, in the conventional TF method, it is thought that the magnetic flux concentrates on the edge part and the effect of alleviating the problem that the edge is overheated is manifested. In order to increase power and increase the electric field strength, it is necessary to increase the value of the current flowing through the coil, and there is a problem that the efficiency tends to decrease due to an increase in the copper loss of the coil.

  In order to increase the efficiency, it is necessary to bring the upper and lower single turn coils close to the strip as disclosed in the embodiment of the same publication, but the strip that is passed through is deformed or vibrated. Therefore, it is difficult to heat while passing through a wide and long section.

  In addition, the method of Patent Document 2 includes an induction heating coil that is widest at the center in the width direction in the metal conveyance direction so as to face the metal surface, and the total coil width along the metal material conveyance direction is Although this method is substantially uniform, this method is a method of heating by leakage magnetic flux from the induction coil facing the metal material, so that the magnetic flux penetrates the metal when the distance from the induction coil is increased. There is no guarantee, and heating is difficult to occur unless close to the metal, and a large temperature deviation occurs when the metal shape is poor and the distance from the induction coil changes. In addition, the induction coil has a rhombus shape so that the width of the induction coil is substantially the same in the traveling direction. However, this shape cannot be used when the plate width changes. Although a rotation mechanism is provided, the heating time does not become the same in the direction of travel when rotated, so it is difficult to achieve a uniform temperature and a rotation mechanism for a heating device that flows a large current on an industrial scale is realized. It is extremely difficult to do.

  In both patent documents, since the induction coil is not heating in a closed loop surrounding the metal, there is no guarantee that the magnetic flux will penetrate the metal reliably, and it is easily affected by the distance from the induction coil, and the number of turns of the induction coil It is difficult to control the magnetic flux density because it cannot be changed.

  On the other hand, in Patent Document 3, in order to eliminate the disadvantages of the heating device described above, the induction coil surrounding the metal plate is shifted in the traveling direction of the metal plate, so that the metal plate directly under the induction coil facing the front and back of the metal plate is placed inside the metal plate. It shows that by generating independent currents so that the induced currents generated by the front and back induction coils do not interfere with each other, it is possible to heat both metal plates with a thickness less than the current penetration depth and non-magnetic metal plates. ing. In addition, since the induction coil circulates with the metal plate closed, the magnetic flux always interlinks with the metal plate, so that it can be easily heated even if the induction coil and the metal plate are relatively separated from each other. There is also.

  However, the induced current generated at the center of the metal plate is concentrated when flowing through the edge of the metal plate and tends to have a high current density, and the induction current flowing through the edge is lengthened by separating the front and back induction coils. Therefore, there is a problem that the plate end portion is likely to be overheated, and the conditions for obtaining a distribution with a small temperature deviation (the amount of deviation of the front and back induction coils, the width of the induction coils, etc.) are narrow.

  Although the above three methods can perform non-magnetic heating, it is difficult to precisely control the heating temperature distribution. In addition, the induction heating device of the above method is a conventional radiation / convection heating type furnace (such as an annealing furnace). When it is installed in the middle of this, it is necessary to prevent contact with the heat insulating material of the furnace wall due to deformation of the metal plate, etc., so it is difficult to narrow the interval between the metal plate and the induction coil. In addition, it is difficult to cope with changes in the plate width of the metal plate or meandering.

  The present invention solves the problem of induction heating of the metal plate that the conventional LF system and TF system have, and uses an induction coil to (A) not only in a magnetic material but also in a non-magnetic material and a non-magnetic region. (B) Even a thin metal plate having a thickness of 10 mm or less can be efficiently heated with excellent temperature controllability that allows the temperature to be freely controlled while maintaining a sufficient gap between the metal plate and the induction coil. An induction heating device is provided.

  The gist of the present invention is as follows.

(1) An apparatus for inductively heating a metal plate that passes through the inside of a circulating induction coil, wherein the conductors constituting the induction coil on the front side and the back side of the metal plate are each vertically projected onto the metal plate. In the vertical projection image, the conductors on the front side and the back side are arranged so as to be shifted from each other so that the conductors on the front side and the back side do not overlap with each other in the longitudinal direction of the metal plate. A magnetic core is provided between each of the conductors located on the outside, and each of the magnetic cores is disposed in parallel with the conductor along the conductor located on the outside of both ends of the metal plate, and Each of the magnetic cores surrounds a metal plate side surface of a conductor located outside both ends of the metal plate and a surface perpendicular to the metal plate side surface of the conductor. Induction heating device.
(2) The induction heating apparatus according to (1), wherein the magnetic core is U-shaped.
(3) The induction heating apparatus according to (1) or (2) above , wherein the magnetic core is cooled by close contact with a cooling copper plate or forced cooling by an external fan .
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  The “longitudinal direction of the metal plate” referred to in the present invention is the direction in which the metal plate passes (the same direction as the transport line).

  The induction heating according to the present invention not only enables heating of a thick plate or a thin plate in the magnetic region, but also has a small specific resistance, which is impossible with the conventional induction heating method, such as non-magnetic aluminum or copper. Heating of a nonferrous metal plate and heating in a nonmagnetic region at a temperature higher than the Curie point in a magnetic material such as iron are possible.

Furthermore, the overheating of the edge part of a metal plate can be suppressed or prevented by the position of the magnetic core used with an induction coil, and the magnetic core of the front and back. Also, the heating temperature distribution can be easily controlled by adjusting the position of the magnetic core, the overlapping of the metal plate end portions of the front and back magnetic cores, or the distance from the metal plate.
In addition, the heating rate and temperature according to the required metallurgical characteristics, such as heating with a desired temperature distribution taking into account the temperature deviation introduced from the previous process of this induction heating device and the temperature characteristics in the subsequent process, etc. By heating with distribution, it is possible to stably produce high-quality products and to eliminate the influence on quality due to operational fluctuations.

  Furthermore, since there is no influence of thermal inertia which is a problem in a gas heating furnace, the heating rate can be freely controlled even if the plate thickness is changed, so that it is not necessary to change the plate passing rate. Therefore, in a gas heating furnace, not only the connecting material required until the furnace stabilizes when changing the plate thickness is usually unnecessary, but also the production can be continued without reducing the plate passing speed. Can be avoided.

  In addition, the induction heating device of the present invention can not only respond to changes in the plate thickness and plate width, but also flexibly cope with fluctuation factors such as meandering, and not only can obtain a desired temperature distribution, but also according to the plate width. Since it is not necessary to have multiple sets of induction coils, the equipment cost can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings for the case of 1T (turn) for the sake of simplicity. However, the present invention is not limited to 1T, and a plurality of T's are possible.

FIG. 6A is a schematic plan view showing an example of a reference example of the induction heating apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 6B and FIG. 6C are examples of schematic side views thereof. In the induction heating apparatus of the present invention, the conductors 2a and 2b constituting the induction coil are shifted in the longitudinal direction of the metal plate 1 so as not to overlap, and the shifted conductors 2a and 2b are connected by the conductor 9, and the opposite side Is connected to the power source 8 by the conductor 7 to form a 1T induction coil, and the magnetic core 10 is provided between the end of the metal plate 1 and the connecting conductors 7 and 9. Here, the power supply 8 includes a capacitor, a matching transformer, and the like, although not shown. The induction coil used in the following description of the present invention is a generic term for a coil formed of a conductor in which a material to be heated is wound around one or more turns by a pipe, wire, plate, or the like made of a good electric conductor. There is no particular limitation on the shape surrounding the rectangle, whether it is rectangular or circular. The material of the conductor is preferably a material with good electrical conductivity such as copper or aluminum.

In the present invention, first, when the conductors 2a and 2b constituting the induction coil on the front side and the back side of the metal plate 1 passing through the inside of the induction coil are vertically projected onto the metal plate, respectively, as shown in FIG. The conductors are arranged so that the vertically projected images of the conductors on the front side and the back side are shifted from each other with respect to the longitudinal direction of the metal plate.
Then, as shown in the side sectional view of FIG. 4 (AA cross section of FIG. 3) (only the 2a conductor will be described for the sake of simplicity), the magnetic flux 4 penetrates the metal plate 1 obliquely, and the magnetic flux As a result, an induced current 6a is generated. Therefore, even if the penetration depth δ of the induced current 6a generated by the current path extending obliquely is larger than the plate thickness t, the eddy current flows.

  Since the induction coils 2a and 2b are arranged so as to be shifted in the traveling direction of the metal plate, the induction currents 6a and 6b generated in the induction coils 2a and 2b do not interfere with each other. An annular current as shown in FIG. 5 is generated, and the metal plate 1 can be heated even with a non-magnetic material.

  However, the current flowing through the end portion of the metal plate reduces the reactance between the conductor 9 connecting the front and back induction coils 2a and 2b or the primary current flowing through the conductor 7 connecting the front and back induction coils 2a and 2b and the power source. As a result, the current path becomes narrow because it is moved toward the end of the plate, and the magnetic flux generated by the primary current flowing through the conductor 7 and the conductor 9 concentrates on the end of the metal plate with the shortest distance. The end of the metal plate tends to be overheated because the end of the metal plate is heated by a distance corresponding to the distance d3 compared to the central portion.

  Therefore, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), there is magnetism between the end of the metal plate 1 (right end in the figure) and the conductor 7, and between the end of the metal plate 1 (left end in the figure) and the conductor 9. The body core 10 is installed. The magnetic core may be made of a magnetic material having a high magnetic permeability such as an electromagnetic steel plate, amorphous metal, or ferrite core. In addition to ensuring a sufficient cross-sectional area so that magnetic flux saturation does not occur, there is a concern about heat generation due to the penetrating magnetic flux. In this case, a cooling structure in which a cooling device such as a cooling copper plate is closely attached to the magnetic core or a forced cooling device using an external fan may be provided.

  FIG. 6 (b) is a side view of FIG. 6 (a), which is the side opposite to the power source. In FIG. 6B, the magnetic core 10 is arranged along the conductor 9 in parallel with the conductor 9. In FIG. 6 (b), the conductor 2a and the conductor 9 connecting the conductor 2b are arranged obliquely, but arranged parallel to the pass line of the metal plate so as to be flush with the conductor 2a or 2b, Thereafter, the connection may be made perpendicular to the connection conductor 2 b or 2 a, and the connection form is not specified. By installing the magnetic core 10 between the end of the metal plate 1 and the conductor 7 or 9, the magnetic flux generated by the primary current flowing through the conductor 9 is magnetic before passing through the end of the metal plate 1. Since the magnetic core 10 having a small resistance is selectively passed to the outside of the conductor 9, the magnetic flux penetrating the metal plate 1 is reduced and the induced current generated at the end of the metal plate is reduced. In addition, since the magnetic core is inserted between the conductors, the effect that the annular current is attracted by the primary current and tends to approach the end of the plate is reduced. As a result, the current density of the current flowing through the end portion of the metal plate is reduced, and overheating is suppressed. The same applies to the conductor 7 opposite to the conductor 9.

  Here, the magnetic core 10 may be arranged in a direction perpendicular to the metal plate as shown in FIG. 6C, in addition to the method of arranging it in parallel with the conductor 9 as shown in FIG. Since the magnetic flux selectively passes through the magnetic core having a small magnetic resistance if it is between the conductor 9 and the conductor 9, the above effect can be obtained. However, the magnetic flux generated in the conductor 9 is perpendicular to the primary current of the conductor. Therefore, it is more effective to install according to the direction in which the generated magnetic flux easily passes as shown in FIG. 6 (b). The width of the magnetic core does not need to cover all of the conductors 2a and 2b, and depends on the magnetic permeability of the magnetic core and the like.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), both magnetic cores 10 are arranged so as to surround the metal plate side surface and the upper and lower surfaces of the conductor 7 and the conductor 9 located outside the both ends of the metal plate. good. That is, as shown in the side view of FIG. 7B and the AA cross-sectional view of FIG. 7C, the magnetic core 10 surrounds the conductor 9 so that the magnetic flux generated in the conductor 9 is reduced to the metal plate 1. By forcibly passing through the magnetic core 10 without penetrating it, the current density at the end of the metal plate can be lowered to prevent overheating.
The magnetic core does not need to surround all the connecting conductors, and an optimal range may be determined while measuring the temperature distribution as appropriate.

  As described above, the present heating device and heating method can effectively heat regardless of the plate thickness, regardless of whether it is magnetic or non-magnetic. Even if the metallurgical properties change significantly, the heat pattern can be realized freely from the magnetic region to the non-magnetic region without reducing the power, making it possible to produce materials with various metallurgical properties. . In addition, the current mainstream radiant tube-type indirect gas heating in the heat treatment of thin plates such as steel plates and aluminum plates reduces the heating efficiency and increases the temperature when the temperature of the non-heated material increases and the difference from the surface temperature of the radiant tube decreases. Although the speed is also slow, this heating device can be realized with high efficiency at any heating speed regardless of the temperature range. Furthermore, in the gas indirect heating method, when the furnace temperature is changed depending on the width, thickness, and type of the material to be heated, it takes time to reach the set temperature due to the thermal inertia of the furnace. During this period, the temperature becomes unsteady and quality cannot be ensured.Therefore, there are problems such as production constraints such as the use of binders and schedule bottlenecks. Since it can be heated up freely, there are great operational merits.

  In this heating device, the heating power supply frequency to be used is not particularly restricted, and it is possible to use a relatively low frequency that is easy to handle and inexpensive, so the coil voltage that is a problem in high frequency heating is increased. Etc. are easy to avoid, and hardware restrictions are greatly eased.

  The induction heating apparatus according to the present invention can deal with a wide range with a single apparatus of any size and variety, and the heating temperature distribution is excessive at the edge of the plate, which has been a problem with conventional induction heating apparatuses. In addition to preventing heating, it is possible to freely control the entire width of the plate, such as cutting the temperature at the end of the metal plate with low heating, and there is no conventional one that can control the temperature distribution precisely to the temperature distribution. It is an excellent metal plate heating device with features.

  In order to confirm the effect of the present invention, an experiment was conducted in which SUS304, which is a nonmagnetic steel having a thickness of 0.6 mm × 600 mm, was used while heating.

  The power source used was a high frequency power source of 10 KHz, max 100 kW, and the matching capacitor capacity for matching the resonance frequency was increased or decreased to achieve matching. The induction coil used was made of a water-cooled copper plate with a water-cooled copper pipe with a width of 200 mm and a thickness of 10 mm brazed to the opposite side (outside) of a steel-cooled copper pipe with an outer diameter of 10 mm and an inner diameter of 8 mm. It was. In this embodiment, the conductor refers to both a copper plate and a copper pipe. In the TF method that can perform magnetic and nonmagnetic heating, the gap between the material to be heated and the induction coil is usually not close to 100 mm or less, so that the thermal efficiency is significantly reduced and heating becomes difficult. In this example, the gap is doubled. The experiment was conducted at 200 mm.

( Reference example)
In the experiment, the distance L between the induction coils shown in FIG. 6 (a) is set to 300 mm, and the conductor 9 (width 200 mm, thickness 10 mm as with the water-cooled copper plate) connecting the front and back induction coils from the end of the test material plate is arranged 300 mm apart. A plate-like ferrite core (width 150 mm × length 150 mm × thickness 20 mm) as a magnetic core is placed between the conductor 9 and the end of the test material plate as shown in FIG. 6B and heated while running at 6 mpm. .
( Example)
The periphery of the conductor 9 was heated under the same conditions as in the reference example except that a U-shaped ferrite core (width 150 mm × length 150 mm × thickness 20 mm, height 50 mm) was used as shown in FIG. .
(Comparative example)
Heating was performed under the same conditions as in the Reference Example except that no ferrite core was used.
The temperature deviation between the plate end and the plate center in the above three cases was compared. The reason for setting the temperature measurement position only to the plate end portion and the center portion is that, in this heating, it has been known in advance that the maximum temperature rise temperature is the plate end portion and the minimum temperature rise temperature is the plate center portion. In comparison, since the temperature rise is different, the ratio of the temperature deviation after temperature rise of the thermocouple welded at the 10mm point from the center of the test steel plate in the width direction (temperature deviation ratio = plate end temperature Te ÷ plate center temperature) Tc).

The results are shown in Table 1.

As is clear from Table 1, when a ferrite core is placed between the plate end and the conductor, compared to the comparative example in which nothing is placed between the plate end and the conductor 9, the induction flowing through the end As the current density decreased, the temperature deviation ratio decreased to 21%, and in the case of the example in which the conductor was surrounded by ferrite, it was confirmed that the temperature deviation was further reduced to 15%. Further, in the case of the comparative example, the temperature deviation was large and the plate end portion was deformed into a wave shape by the thermal stress, whereas in the embodiment of the present invention, it was not deformed at all.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the conventional LF type induction heating. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram explaining the induction current which flows into the cross section of the conventional LF type induction heating metal thin plate. It is a plane schematic diagram of the induction heating apparatus which shifted the induction coil in the advancing direction. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating magnetic flux and generated induced current in the AA cross section of FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view showing how an induced current flows in the coil arrangement of FIG. 3. It is a plane schematic diagram of the induction heating apparatus by this invention. It is a side surface schematic diagram which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the magnetic body installed between a board edge part and a conductor. It is a side surface schematic diagram which shows the other example of arrangement | positioning of the magnetic body installed between a board edge part and a conductor. It is a plane schematic diagram of the induction heating apparatus by this invention. It is a side surface schematic diagram of Fig.7 (a). It is an AA cross-sectional schematic diagram of FIG.7 (b).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Metal plate 2 Induction coil 2a, 2b Induction coil conductor 3 High frequency power supply 4 Magnetic flux 5 Direction of primary current 6a Range of induced current flow 6a, 6b Direction of induction current 7 Conductor 8 Power supply 9 Conductor 10 Magnetic core

Claims (3)

An apparatus for inductively heating a metal plate that passes through an inside of a circulating induction coil, wherein the conductors constituting the induction coil on the front side and the back side of the metal plate are vertically projected onto the metal plate, respectively. The conductors on the front surface side and the back surface side are arranged so as to be shifted from each other so that the conductors on the front surface side and the back surface side do not overlap with each other in the longitudinal direction of the metal plate. A magnetic core is provided between each of the conductors, and each of the magnetic cores is disposed in parallel with the conductor along a conductor located outside both ends of the metal plate; and Inductive heating , wherein the magnetic core surrounds a surface on the metal plate side of the conductor located outside both ends of the metal plate and a surface perpendicular to the surface on the metal plate side of the conductor apparatus. The induction heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic core is U-shaped . The induction heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic core is cooled by a close contact with a cooling copper plate or forced cooling by an external fan .

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