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.

同轴电系统有限公司（CPS）已经确定了对诱导硬化的工业射频（RF）发电机技术进行大修，以解决效率低下的传统发电机设计，从而提高了引入耐力厂的过程质量和效率。 弗雷达（Freda）单公司工业研究项目为诱导供暖/硬化过程提供了改进的措施，以解决全球RF-Generator市场的差距，从而可以通过降低功耗和降低维护，从而使工艺质量，产品质量和硬化设备可靠性地提高工艺速度。固态RF电子设备可带来高效率和紧凑的物理尺寸，系统重量减少，并随着植物辅助服务需求的减少。 除了预期的Freda体系结构的预期运营成本和可靠性优势外，其增强的过程控制还可以实时数据捕获并改善了成品工件的产品的产量，质量和服务寿命，包括新的和重新制作的产品（重新加载的产品） - 支持信息制造业以及循环经济的关键驱动力。