Method and device for heating a vehicle wheel
AssigneeMaschinenfabrik Alfing Kessler GmbH
InventorAndreas Zahn
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for heating a vehicle wheel, in particular as a preparation for a subsequent shaping method, in which at least a part of the vehicle wheel is heated by means of inductive heating using an inductor.
Claims22
A method for heating a vehicle wheel, in particular as preparation for a subsequent forming process, wherein only the rim of the vehicle wheel (2) is heated by means of inductive heating using an inductor for a duration of 20 seconds to 5 minutes.
The method as claimed inclaim 1, wherein electricity from renewable energy sources is used for operating the inductor.
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A device for heating a vehicle wheel, in particular as preparation for a subsequent forming process, comprising:
- an inductor which is at least partially adapted to a shape of a vehicle wheel, the inductor being adapted to heat essentially only a rim of the vehicle wheel by means of inductive heating for a duration of 20 seconds to 5 minutes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.