Billet Heating Furnace

How it works

It is mainly matched with rolling mill production lines, continuous casting machines and metal forging workshops. Suitable for heating carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel and other metal billets to uniform rolling and forging temperature. Widely used in steel plants, metal processing factories, foundries and recycled steel processing enterprises, providing stable high-temperature heating for subsequent rolling, forging and forming processes.

Induction heating applies the same principle as induction melting to a different job: instead of reaching a pour temperature, the workpiece is brought to a controlled forging, rolling or drying temperature and held there. Because the heat is generated inside the metal, the workpiece reaches temperature in seconds to minutes rather than hours, and the surrounding area stays cool.

Control is the point of these machines. A billet that is too cold will not fill a die; one that is too hot will scale and crack. Power is modulated against the workpiece temperature so that every piece enters the next process at the same condition, which is what makes the downstream result repeatable.

Key features

• Fast heating speed and uniform temperature distribution, ensuring consistent internal and external temperature of the billet to improve processing quality
• Multiple heating modes such as gas firing and electric heating are optional, with high thermal efficiency and obvious energy-saving effect
• Adopts high-temperature refractory lining and heat insulation structure, reducing heat loss and lowering operating costs
• Intelligent temperature control system realizes precise temperature adjustment, stable operation and simple daily operation
• Reasonable structural design, strong durability, easy maintenance and long service life
• Equipped with complete safety protection and exhaust treatment devices, low pollution, meeting industrial environmental protection standards

How to choose induction heating and drying

• Define the temperature the next process needs and the mass to be heated per hour; those two figures set the power requirement.
• Choose the handling arrangement — roller feed, walking beam, or manual — because it decides how the machine fits the line.
• For drying, confirm the moisture target and the material: the goal is to drive off surface and bound water without overheating the charge.
• Plan the cooling and the electrical supply together with the furnace; these units draw continuously and are water-cooled.

Technical data

Specifications are indicative for the model family and are confirmed against your material in the quotation. Wear parts, power supply and control options are listed per project.

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