Billet and bar heating systems
Billet heaters from 50 kW to 300 kW, and bar end heaters for forging lines.
Machine capability
- Billet heater power
- 50 kW to 300 kW
- Frequency
- Various frequency ranges
- Larger systems
- ABE-100AB and ABE-120AB for billet and end heating
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Forging needs steel at temperature, uniformly, at the rate the press works. A gas furnace does it slowly, heats the whole shop, and produces scale. Induction does it in seconds, only where the coil is, with far less scale because the steel spends far less time hot in air.
We supply induction billet heaters from 50 kW to 300 kW. We select the frequency and handling arrangement for your billet dimensions, material and press rate, concentrating heat where your forging process needs it. Billet heaters are part of our wider range of induction heating machines from 5 kW to 500 kW.
Bar end heating is the same technology applied to one end of a long bar, for hand tools, fasteners, agricultural implements and auto components, where only the end being formed needs to reach forging temperature.
Technical specifications
- Billet heater power50 kW to 300 kW
- FrequencyVarious frequency ranges
- Larger systemsABE-100AB and ABE-120AB for billet and end heating
We confirm the final configuration against your component, material and production requirements.
Questions engineers ask
What temperature does forging need?
The forging temperature depends on your alloy and forming process. We select the heating cycle from your material specification and production requirements. Send us your billet size, target temperature and output rate so we can size the system.
Does induction produce less scale than a furnace?
Generally yes, because scale forms as a function of time at temperature in air. Induction gets the billet to temperature in seconds rather than minutes, so there is far less time for oxidation.
Can a billet heater run at the press rate?
That is how it should be sized. The heater is specified from your billet mass, your target temperature and your strokes per hour, so the line paces itself instead of the press waiting for steel.
Related processes
Industries served
- ForgingSteel at temperature at the rate the press works, with far less scale than a furnace.
- Hand toolsSledge hammers, claw hammers, chisels, pick axes and hoes, forged and hardened.
- Automotive componentsShafts, gears, bushes, axle shafts and flywheel rings, at production rate.
- Tractor and agricultural equipmentParts that work in soil and abrasion, where wear resistance decides service life.
Tell us about the part.
Send a drawing, the material, the case depth or temperature you need, and your production rate. Our engineers will help define the right machine for your process.