Case Studies
For more than 35 years, RDO Induction has helped manufacturers, integrators, and OEMs solve their toughest heating challenges with precision induction systems. The case studies below show real applications of our equipment in production — from carbide brazing and catheter tipping in medical-device manufacturing, to shrink-fitting, induction hardening, and high-volume soldering on the shop floor.
Each case study includes a short video and a downloadable spec sheet so you can see the system in action and share the details with your team. New case studies are added regularly. Have a similar application? Talk to our team — we’ll help you scope the right system.
Featured Case Studies
ROBOTIC INDUCTION BRAZING MACHINE
Increased throughput. less labor. And the customer keeps adding recipes.
High-precision copper-tube brazing · Custom 25-ft gantry · Robotics · Induction process control · Customer-extensible
A large-scale production system built for a manufacturer of high-precision copper-tube assemblies — products where every brazed joint is mission-critical and rejection is expensive. The customer’s manual brazing process couldn’t keep up with rising demand: hand-fixturing, manual coil positioning, and operator-managed timing pushed defect rates higher than they could accept, and three operators per shift wasn’t sustainable as volumes grew.
A custom 25-foot Cartesian gantry built on the Autoblocks Control Block, paired with an RDO Induction Heating Solutions power supply for repeatable, recipe-driven heat delivery. The gantry positions tubes and the induction head with closed-loop precision; the RDO unit handles the brazing process; the Control Block coordinates motion, induction recipes, material handling, safety, and the operator interface from a single platform. No PLC. No separate motion controller. No third-party HMI. The entire system is programmed in AutoCode.
3× throughput against the manual baseline. Labor reduced 75% — one operator now runs the system that previously required three. Process consistency improved sharply via closed-loop motion repeatability paired with recipe-driven induction control. The strongest payoff came after deployment: as the customer extended their copper-tube product line, their own engineering team added more than a dozen new recipes covering additional tube diameters and joint geometries — all directly through the Pendant, all in AutoCode, all without a vendor callback. That’s the difference between a turnkey machine and a platform.
Capabilities: 25-ft Cartesian gantry · Closed-loop multi-axis motion · RDO Induction Heating Solutions · Recipe-driven process control · Automated material handling · Pendant HMI · PLe / Cat 4 / SIL3 safety · Customer-extensible via AutoCode
INDUCTION EPOXY CURING MACHINE
Process Recipes · Precision Positioning · Integrated Machine Control
A fixture-based production system with embedded AutoBlocks control — managing induction process recipes, precision positioning, and machine interfaces from within the production equipment itself. Demonstrates how the Control Block embeds directly into specialized production equipment as the primary controller.
Capabilities: Embedded machine control · Recipe management · Precision positioning · Process monitoring
INDUCTION SOLDERING MACHINE
This machine was designed and built using the Turn Block 24, and the Induction Block. This simple and productive machine is manually loaded/unloaded with a PCB board and some high mass parts that are soldered together using solder paste. The Turn Block table is fitted with fixtures for highly consistent location while the Induction block has a vertical axis of motion to accurately move the heating coil in and out during indexing. The enclosure protects the operator from burning hazards, allows for fume extraction, and provides part tracking through the machine.
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