WARNING: THIS DESIGN IS UNTESTED. ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU ATTEMPT TO BUILD ONE OF THESE WITHOUT FULLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU WILL PROBABLY DIE. DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU!
Now that that's out of the way: this repository contains the design files for an induction heater meant to heat metals to forging or melting temperature.
Rough specs:
- 3.5kW design power (just right for a standard 230V circuit in the Netherlands)
- Water-cooled work coil so we can heat fairly conductive metal like aluminium
- Main power stage uses salvaged parts from an induction cooktop.
- Microcontroller-based control system
This project is still very much a work in progress, but some preliminary design files are available, as well as simulation work.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Your best bet is to contact the primary suspect (Roy Smeding; roy.smeding@gmail.com) for more information.