Heating device for a rod-shaped workpiece

A heating device (1) for heating rod-shaped, electroconductive workpieces (13) which are conveyed along a conveying direction (R) through the heating device (1), said heating device (1) comprising a first heating module (2) in relation to the conveying direction (R), the first heating module (2) having a first input area (4) and a first output area (5), and a second heating module (3) in relation to the conveying direction (R), the second heating module (3) having a second input area (6) and a second output area (7), the second heating module (3) being configured as an induction module (8),

• wherein
• the first heating module (2) is configured as a convection module (9) having heating mediums (10), the convection module (9) being designed and configured such that for heating the workpiece (13), a working gas circulates between the heating mediums (10) and the workpiece (13) to be heated, in such a manner that the working gas is initially heated by the heating mediums (10) and then, the heated working gas flows against the workpiece (13), and wherein the first output area (5) is structurally disposed directly on the second input area (6).