This section of IEC 60519 is applicable to installations for induction and conduction heating of solids at low, mains, medium, and high frequencies (for conduction heating, use of direct current is also included); installations for induction melting, holding, and superheating liquid metal at low, mains, medium, and high frequencies; and those parts of the conveying or handling equipment of the electroheat installation that are within the influence of the heating section.
Examples of application include: installations for induction and conduction heating of slabs, billets, rods, strip, wire, tubes, rivets, etc. for subsequent hot forming and heat treatment; installations with induction crucible furnaces or induction channel furnaces.
This standard consists of requirements common to both induction and conduction heating installations and induction melting installations (Clauses 1 to 14) and specific requirements for induction and conduction heating installations (Annex A) and induction melting installations (Annex B).
