Method and device for induction hardening
AssigneeLiebherr-Components Bibearch GmbH
InventorHeiko SCHWIBODE
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the induction hardening of a workpiece, in particular a toothed and/or corrugated and/or ribbed workpiece such as a gear or saw blade, wherein a matchingly shaped induction loop is guided or set over the workpiece surface to be hardened, the induction loop being formed layer-by-layer by the additive application of material, and the induction loop being shaped to match the surface to be hardened.
Claims20
A method for the induction hardening of a toothed and/or corrugated and/or ribbed workpiece comprising a gear, sprocket wheel, or saw blade, wherein the workpiece has a surface, the method comprising:
- guiding or setting over the workpiece surface a matchingly shaped induction loop,
- forming the induction loop layer by layer by the additive application of material, wherein the induction loop is shaped to match the surface of the workpiece.
A device for induction hardening of a toothed and/or corrugated workpiece comprising a gear, sprocket wheel, or saw blade, wherein the workpiece has a surface, the device comprising:
- an induction loop adapted in shape to the surface of the workpiece to be hardened, wherein the induction loop has a layered structural body having material layers, and wherein the material layers are individually consolidated layer-by-layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.