Physical simulation and computational modelling for validation of soft magnetic composite impeder performance

Issue title: Selected papers from the International Conference Heating by Electromagnetic Sources - HES 2023

Guest editors: Paolo Di Barba, Fabrizio Dughiero, Michele Forzan and Maria Evelina Mognaschi

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Muyskens, Sean M.^a; | Morris, David R.^a | Yakey, Christopher J.^a | Goldstein, Robert C.^a

Affiliations: [a] Department of Engineering, Fluxtrol Inc., Auburn Hills, MI, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Sean M. Muyskens, Department of Engineering, Fluxtrol Inc., 1388 Atlantic Blvd., Auburn Hills, MI 48326, USA. Tel.: +1 248 897 0513; E-mail: smmuyskens@fluxtrol.com

Abstract: Induction tube welding systems utilize an internal magnetic flux controller (impeder) to improve process efficiency. Work has previously been done showing that soft magnetic composite (SMC) materials may be suitable to improve these systems. A test stand was devised for the physical simulation of SMC impeder performance for use in induction tube welding systems. Tests were run to determine the loading and cooling conditions in which an impeder core made of SMCs could survive. Additionally, 2D thermal simulations were run to determine the cooling system thresholds given a particular magnetic loading of the core. The goal of these tests was to expand the design envelopes in which impeder cores made of SMCs could survive and validate their use in induction tube welding systems.

Keywords: Induction tube welding, soft magnetic composites, induction heating

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-230218

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 75, no. 2, pp. 107-118, 2024