Research Projects

Industry-oriented induction research

We believe that innovations only make sense if they benefit our customers. Therefore, our research is always industry and application-oriented.

Publicly funded projects for SME’s support this claim and are therefore a central component of our development work. We are working together with various partners from German and European universities in researching how induction heating processes can be used both in industry and science. Besides new developments, ensuring and refining the quality of induction heating processes is also an important part of the research.

Right now we are involved in several publicly funded projects, and more are in the pipeline. This involves innovative applications as well as new induction heating solutions for the following areas:

  • Semiconductor industry
  • Fibre composites
  • Virus protection
  • Material recycling
  • Nano-particles
  • Battery production
  • Quality assurance

Is your university interested in working together with Himmelwerk?
Get in touch with us.

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Dr.-Ing. Andreas Seitzer

Managing Director Himmelwerk

Dr.-Ing. Andreas Seitzer, Managing Director Himmelwerk

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Since 1950, Himmelwerk has shipped more than 19,000 high and medium frequency converters worldwide.
By how much can you reduce your CO₂ emissions per year? Let’s have a look.

Assumption 1: 25% of your converters are still operational.

Assumption 2: They have an average output of 6 kW and thus a power consumption of 7 kW.

Assumption 3: These generators are operational 8 hrs per day and 5 days per week.

Assumption 4: Inductive heating uses up to 40% less energy than conventional methods. Let’s assume 30%.

With these assumptions, our calculation would look like this: Daily energy consumption: 8 hrs x 7 kW = 56 kW

Energy savings per day: 56 kWh / 0.7 = 80 kWh; 80 – 56 = 24 kWh

Total energy savings per day: 24 kWh x 4,750 converters = 114,000 kWh

Total energy savings per year: 220 working days x 114,000 kWh = 25,080,000 kWh

Conversion factor kWh/CO₂: 1 kWh is equivalent to approx. 0.485 kg of CO₂ (source: German Federal Environmental Agency, Climate Change 15/2022)

CO₂ reduction per year: 25,080,000 kWh x 0.485 kg = 12,163,800 kg