Induction heating for metal and foundry manufacturing
Induction heating is used across forging shops, foundries and metal processing, to heat billets and bars for forging, melt metals and alloys, and prepare strip, bar and electrodes for the next process. ENRX builds the machines, led by the HeatLine range of billet heaters, bar end heaters and melting furnaces, with HardLine hardening machines and Sinac heat generators for the wider heating tasks.
Why metal and foundry producers choose ENRX machines
- Fast, controlled forging heat: precise temperature control and high throughput for billets and bars
- Clean melting: uniform heating for consistent alloy quality and material properties
- A machine for each form: billet heaters, bar end heaters and melting furnaces in several configurations
- One supplier: forging, melting and heat treatment machines from the same source
Forging
- Heating of small steel billets for forging
- Heating of steel bar ends for forging
- Pre-heating of aluminium billets before forming and forging
- Heating of thin steel plates for forging
Melting
- Melting of precious metals
- Levitation melting of titanium for implants
- Drying of steel billets before melting
HeatLine melting furnaces come in tilting, double-axis tilting, roll-over, moving coil and laboratory versions, and are also used in precious metals processing and in laboratories.
Hardening
- Hardening of steel bars in heat treatment systems
Pre-heating and post-heating
- Pre-heating of steel strip before the furnace
- Post-heating of tin-coated steel strip
- Pre-heating of chromium-plated steel bars before polishing
- Pre-heating of electrodes before coating
- Heating of anodes in the rodding shop
Related products
HeatLine: Induction heating systems
HeatLine is our family of induction heaters and furnaces for forging and melting, with automatic coil changeovers, short melt times and accurate pouring
HardLine: Induction hardening machines
Our family of induction hardening machines for surface and through hardening, from single machines to turnkey plants
Sinac®: Stationary induction heating systems
Sinac is our family of stationary, universal heat generator systems, customised with coils, cables and cooling to fit your heating process
Induction heating coils
Conventional, machined, 3D printed or hybrid coils, customised to your application and documented so we can always produce an identical one
Related applications
Induction forging
Fast, controlled heating of steel and aluminium billets, bar ends and thin plate before forging, with precise temperature control and high throughput.
Induction melting
Clean, controlled melting of precious metals, alloys and titanium, with uniform heating for consistent material properties, in tilting, roll-over, moving coil and laboratory furnaces.
Induction hardening
Fast, repeatable hardening of steel bars in HardLine heat treatment systems.
Frequently asked questions
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Automated, high-output solutions for bar end and partial heating.
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A heated workpiece being ejected from a CBB horizontal heater. The CBB ejects parts in a single location – a major benefit for operators.
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Designing unique, customised bar end solutions is an ENRX strength. Our technical capabilities let us meet virtually any customer-specific requirements.
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ENRX bar end and partial heaters are field-proven systems used by many manufacturers around the world. Each system is backed by the resources and service capabilities of ENRX.
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ENRX billet heaters heat practically any dimension of billets and slugs in materials as diverse as stainless steel, copper, aluminium, titanium and brass.
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A new 1,200 kilo-capacity single-axis tilting furnace being installed at a bearing manufacturer’s facility.
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An ENRX induction furnace at work. This graphite crucible contains molten brass.
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FIB is our range of single-axis tilting furnaces. The FIB coreless (shown here) features an innovative coil design that maximises efficiency.
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ENRX furnaces maximise productivity and product quality. For example, the dedicated crucibles in moving coil furnaces eliminate inter-alloy contamination.
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Roll-over furnace ensures operation comfort.
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Induction melting is a process where metal is melted into liquid form in an induction furnace’s crucible. The molten metal is then poured from the crucible, usually into a mould.
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Induction heating is a smart and proven way of melting metal and glass.
