FREDA - High-Efficiency RF Generator for Induction Hardening

FREDA - 用于感应淬火的高效射频发生器

• 批准号: 53401
• 金额: $ 16.08万
• 依托单位: COAXIAL POWER SYSTEMS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=53401
• 关键词: FREDA; Efficiency; RF; Generator; Induction

Coaxial Power Systems Limited (CPS) has identified the opportunity to overhaul industrial radiofrequency (RF) generator technology for induction hardening, addressing inefficient legacy generator designs, improving the process quality and efficiency of induction hardening plant. The FREDA single-company industrial research project delivers a step improvement in RF-generator technology for induction heating/hardening processes, addressing a gap in the global RF-generator market, enabling higher process speeds with reduced power consumption and reduced maintenance, to bring disruptive improvements in process efficiency, product quality and hardening equipment reliability. Solid-state RF electronics bring high-efficiency and a compact physical size, at reduced system weight and with reduced plant ancillary service needs. Alongside anticipated operational cost and reliability benefits of this FREDA architecture, its enhanced process-control enables real-time data capture and improves product yield, quality and service life of the finished workpiece, in both new and in remanufactured products (re-hardening of re-machined products) -- essential for information-enabled manufacturing, and a key driver of the Circular Economy.

同轴电力系统有限公司（CPS）已经确定了对感应硬化工业射频（RF）发生器技术进行大扫除的机会，解决了低效的传统发生器设计问题，提高了感应硬化工厂的工艺质量和效率。FREDA单公司工业研究项目为感应加热/硬化工艺提供了射频发生器技术的一步改进，解决了全球射频发生器市场的空白，在降低功耗和减少维护的情况下实现更高的工艺速度，从而在工艺效率、产品质量和硬化设备可靠性方面带来突破性的改进。固态射频电子设备带来高效率和紧凑的物理尺寸，减轻了系统重量，减少了工厂辅助服务需求。除了预期的运营成本和可靠性优势外，该FREDA架构还增强了过程控制，可以实时捕获数据，提高新产品和再制造产品（再加工产品的再硬化）的产品产量、质量和成品工件的使用寿命——这对于信息化制造至关重要，也是循环经济的关键驱动因素。