History
E.F. Northrup built the first prototype of a vacuum induction furnace in 1920 in the United States of America. In 1923, German scientist Wilhelm Rohn continued to advance the VIM technology along with founding the Heraeus melting facility. Medium frequency furnaces were seen soon afterwards in England and Sweden in 1927. The process was initially developed to refine certain special metals such as cobalt and nickel. As these metals and alloys became more common, the process of VIM became more widely used. VIM now helps to melt a variety of metals for aircraft and nuclear applications.
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