Induction heating of adhesive for shoe manufacturing

This paper describes the induction heating of adhesive containing conductive fine particles for shoe assembly. The particles are heated on the principle of induction heating to increase the adhesive temperature. To do this, a 5kW induction heater is constructed and several experiments are conducted to design working coil. Finite Element Analysis is also conducted and the analytical and experimental results are compared to find optimal coil shape. From this study, we can develop a prototype of the induction heater for shoe manufacturing.