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"Turnkey" is one of the defining catchwords for mechanical engineering of the future and describes complex, automated production lines designed as "turnkey" solutions which ideally come from a single source. For years, the EMAG Group has been meeting this requirement. By integrating eldec Schwenk Induction GmbH in February 2013, EMAG has added yet another technology specialist to their ranks.

Eldec, based in Dornstetten near Freudenstadt, Germany, develops and manufactures innovative induction hardening machines, generators for induction heating systems as well as inductors. Featuring a modular design, these solutions are perfectly tailored to a range of workpiece dimensions, hardnesses or batch sizes.

Induction hardening with SDF® technology is useful for a variety of workpieces that are processed on EMAG machines. For example, power steering components and differential gears use workpieces that are induction-hardened after soft machining. Thanks to eldec, EMAG can now deliver the entire process.

Advantages of SDF®technology:

• Simultaneous heating with medium and high frequency
• Accurate contour hardening of complex surface geometries
• Can also be easily used solely as an MF or HF generator
• Combination of pulse width modulation and pulse package control
• High-speed PLC with eldec control print: short clock frequencies for extremely fast control
• Maximum power density => short process times
• Short process times
  • Can be integrated into automated lines
  • Low power consumption / workpiece
  • Little or no scaling
  • Minimal component distortion

eldec technology also integrates perfectly into EMAG machinery, as demonstrated by the new eldec VL-H system. The system offers the advantage of a complete machining process, entirely governed by the pick-up concept.


See the complete press release here.