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.

Coaxial Power Systems Limited（CPS）发现了一个机会，可以彻底改造用于感应淬火的工业射频（RF）发生器技术，解决效率低下的传统发生器设计，提高感应淬火工厂的工艺质量和效率。 FREDA单一公司工业研究项目为感应加热/淬火工艺的射频发生器技术提供了一步改进，解决了全球射频发生器市场的空白，实现了更高的工艺速度，降低了功耗和维护，从而在工艺效率，产品质量和淬火设备可靠性方面带来了突破性的改进。固态RF电子器件带来了高效率和紧凑的物理尺寸，降低了系统重量，减少了工厂辅助服务需求。 除了这种FREDA架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现实时数据采集，并提高新产品和再制造产品（再加工产品的再硬化）的成品率，质量和使用寿命-这对信息化制造至关重要，也是循环经济的关键驱动力。