Design and experiment of a compact mechatronic device for portable high-frequency electromagnetic heating
摘要
This paper presents a compact mechatronic device for rapid and controllable high-frequency electromagnetic heating, integrating mechanical structure, power electronics, and thermal design. The device consists of a full-bridge inverter, an inductive solenoid coil, and a ferromagnetic heating blade enclosed in a miniaturized chamber. Electromagnetic-thermal simulations and experiments confirm that the system reaches above 150 °C within 4 s under 100 kHz excitation using a 1 mm Invar alloy blade. Compared with traditional zero-voltage switching devices, the proposed design reduces the number of inductors and capacitors by half and improves heating speed by 59.5 % under the same input power, solenoidal coil, and heating blade, demonstrating strong potential for portable thermal processing applications.