What do you use induction tools for?
You use induction tools to bring a specific part of a workpiece up to temperature in a short time. Think of the end of a bar you want to upset, a piece of square steel you want to bend, or a head you want to forge out.
The coil determines where the heat ends up. Everything outside the coil stays cool, so you're not heating up an entire chamber and you don't have to wait for a furnace to reach temperature. With short runs, that saves you heat-up time.
A second application is localised heating. Because only the part inside the coil gets hot, the adjacent material stays cool and its structure remains unchanged. That's useful for decorative work where you want to turn a scroll without working the rest of the workpiece.
For knifemakers and ornamental blacksmiths, induction mainly offers control during small, repeatable operations. If an entire workpiece needs to be heated all the way through, a furnace remains the logical choice; our forge furnaces heat the entire chamber in which the workpiece lies.
The benefits of induction heating in forging
Induction heating offers three concrete benefits in forging: the workpiece reaches temperature faster, the heat stays within the coil, and no flame or combustion gas enters your workshop. On the points that matter in daily practice, induction clearly differs from a gas burner or a coal fire.
- no open fire, so no flame, smoke or combustion gases in your workshop
- targeted heat: only the part inside the coil gets hot
- short heat-up time, which means less scale forms on the steel
- power consumption only during the heating itself, not while waiting
You work without a gas cylinder and without extraction of combustion gases, which makes setting up a small workshop simpler. The ISF7200 has a straightforward power control, so you can set a thin rod differently than a heavy profile.
Induction is intended for heating, not for melting. If you want to liquefy metal for casting, you work with melting furnaces and a crucible.
Buy induction tools
Buy your induction tools at Parrot Shopping and get expert advice along with them. We select A-quality equipment that holds up in a working smithy, and we deliver throughout Europe.
Not sure whether induction fits alongside the heat source you currently use? Present your situation to our customer service team. We'll help you think through the power, the connection and the coil size, so you know in advance whether your workshop is suitable.
