Repair method for a workpiece of a plastics material, repair apparatus

Repair method for a workpiece of a plastics material:

• wherein an induction heating apparatus is positioned at a repair region of the workpiece;
• the induction heating apparatus comprises a magnetic field generating device and a heat source;
• the heating source is arranged between the magnetic field generating device and the repair region;
• a repair material is positioned on the repair region, the repair material is heated by way of the heat source arranged at the repair region;
• and
• the heat source is inductively heated by the magnetic field generating device,
• wherein a temperature is measured by which an application of heat to the repair material by the heat source is characterized,
• wherein the temperature is controlled by means of a control device,
• wherein the control of the temperature by the control device occurs according to a temperature profile specification, and
• wherein the temperature profile specification has a heating region and a working region following to the heating region.