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Abstract
In the United Kingdom,
RF heating systems have become well established in many industries since their
first introduction over forty years ago. Today RF probably accounts for 90%
of all dielectric heating applications. The introduction of microwave heating
was a later development and, in contrast to RF, applications are only just
becoming established. In the present state of world economy, the need for the
wise selection of possible new applications has never been greater, and can
be the key to survival and ultimate commercial success for industrial heating
equipment suppliers. This paper highlights the development of industrial
application of dielectric heating in the UK for RF wood glueing,
plastics, preheating, and welding, biscuit baking, textile drying, adhesive
and paper drying, microwave preheating and vulcanisation of rubber, microwave
tempering of meat and other food processing applications.
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