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    Abstract

    In this paper, major factors in design of high frequency induc-

    tion-heating equipment for surface hardening purpose are dis-

    cussed. After a brief theoretical review of the basic concepts

    involved in surface hardening, the influence of ratio current

    penetration depth to the workpiece diameter (d/) on the effi-

    ciency and the power induced in the workpiece are discussed.

    Different types of hardening and quenching techniques, which

    are to be given due considerations while designing the equip-

    ment, are also described in detail. Mathematical computationshave been intentionally avoided to ease matters for non-special-

    ist readers. In conclusion, factors affecting the inductor design

    and the design requirements for radio frequency power source

    are outlined.

    1. INTRODUCTION

    Induction surface hardening is widely applied in transport, ma-

    chine tool and metal industries, engaged in heat treatment of

    machining elements. The advantages that led to the widespread

    application of induction surface hardening include: rapid heat-

    ing, low scaling, less machining, fast cycle time, precise control

    of temperature, localized heating, no decarburization and no

    large scale grain.

    Induction surface hardening is a heat treatment process used to

    increase the durability of machine tool elements subjected to

    high stresses. By durability is meant the improvement in the

    resistance to wear and greater torsion strength. Many types of

    steel are surface hardened with heat to increase toughness and

    resistance to wear. High quality alloy steel can be replaced by

    cheaper carbon steel which has been surface hardened by induc-

    tion method. The induction method of hardening offers the pos-

    sibility of confining the heat to the outer layer subjected to

    stresses without affecting the hardness of the core. A tough

    original core with hardened surface layer offers considerable

    mechanical and dynamic advantage.

    2. INDUCTION HARDENING CONCEPTS

    In induction surface hardening only the outer surface layer is

    heated to a hardening temperature (7500C for steel) and then

    cooled immediately by means of spray of water, air or oil after a

    certain metallurgical allowable time. Not all the materials are

    capable of being hardened. The hardenable material must contain

    alloy or carbon content as it plays a vital role in the build-up of

    the desired hardness. For adequate hardness, the carbon content

    present in the material should not be less than 0.35%. Steel,

    alloy steel and castings are some examples of the material ca-

    pable of being hardened.

    Fig: 1 shows the basic arrangement for induction surface harden-

    ing comprising of an inductor made of hollow copper tubing

    which surrounds the workpiece to be hardened. and a power

    source supplying the inductor with AC frequency power. The

    magnetic field established in the inductor induces a voltage in the

    workpiece, which drives a current on the surface of the workpiece

    and heats the steel temperature,

    Increase in the work piece is both due to Joules heat and under

    certain circumstances due to losses that occur when the mag-

    netic field reverses (hysteresis). Since the magnetic field changes

    with the frequency of the applied voltage, the current distribu-

    tion over the cross-section of the work piece is not uniform.

    Instead the current density is maximum and concentrated on the

    upper surface decreases exponentially according to: I = I0 e-x/

    .....(1) from the upper surface to the interior of the workpiece

    [Fig: 2]. At high frequencies the effect of the current being con-

    centrated at the upper surface of the workpiece (skin effect] is

    Major Factors in the Design of Induction Heating Equipment

    for Surface Hardening

    Junaid A. Siddiqui* and Ghulam Rasool Mughal**

    College of Engineering

    Pakistan Air Force-Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology, Korangi Creek

    Karachi-75190 (Pakistan)Received on October 3, 2007; Accepted on November 28, 2007

    * Author for correspondence. E-mail:

    ** E mail:

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    Fig. 1. Basic arrangement for induction hardening.

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    more pronounced so that the center of the core is practically free

    of current. The thickness of the layer in which the current is

    attenuated to 37% of its initial value at the surface is termed as

    current penetration depth . The heat distribution over thesurface of the workpiece is dependent on the depth of penetra-

    tion of electrical current. For practical purposes, equation

    = 503 /......(2) holds good. Here, (mm) represents thecurrent penetration depth, ( m), the specific resistance, the relative permeability (mm2) and frequency, (Hz) of the

    power source required for hardening. Equation (1) indicates that

    for high frequencies and low resistivity of the material selected

    for hardening, the current penetration depth will also be low.

    Consequently, the heat distribution and hardening depth, which

    is a function of current penetration, will also be shallower andconfined to the upper surface (skin effect). This property has

    been made useable in induction surface hardening where low

    penetration depths are desired and are obtained at high frequen-

    cies and high power densities. The skin effect alone, however

    does not determine the temperature distribution over the

    workpiece cross-section. As a result of conduction and depend-

    ing upon heating time, a part of the heat also flows to the interior

    of the workpiece. The heating time selected, is therefore, very

    short so that the amount of heat that travels to the interior of the

    workpiece as a result of conduction is minimum. Given the

    dimensions and the hardening temperature, the hardening depth

    will depened on the steel quality, frequency, power density,

    heating time and the geometry of the workpiece [1, 3].

    Current penetration depth is an important parameter in the de-

    sign of induction hardening equipment, because it finally deter-

    mines the depth of the upper surface layer being heated. Since

    the magnitude of the frequency of the power source and the

    parameters of the workpiece material determine the current pen-

    etration depth, they have a considerable influence in the design

    of induction hardening equipment including the power source.

    The material parameters and are strongly temperature de-

    pendent. In surface hardening of ferromagnetic materials and

    steel below the Curie point, r increases in direct proportion tothe increase in temperature and it can lie in the range between 1

    and 103-104. For non-magnetic materials and steel above the

    Curie point (7800C), r approaches unity, thereby resulting inrapid increase of. This rapid increase of beyond the Curie

    point is especially useful, since it minimizes the danger of uppersurface getting overheated. Fig. 3 shows as a function of theoperating frequencies for different material. This rapid increase

    is especially visible in case of iron between 15 840 0C [3].

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    Surface distance

    Currentdensity

    Fig. 2. Exponential curve showing distribution of current

    density as a function of distance from the

    upper surface of the workpiece [1].

    Operating frequency

    Pene

    trationdepth

    Al: Aluminium; Cu: Copper; Fe: Iron; Ni: Nickel; B: Brass

    Fig. 3. Current penetration depth as a function of operating

    frequencies.

    3. CHOICE OF FREQUENCY

    In the design of induction heating equipment, it is important to

    know the frequency range within which the equipment must

    operate. The suitable operating frequency depends on the work

    piece dimension and the desired hardening depth. The usual

    frequency range lies between 500Hz - 10 kHz medium frequency

    and 100 kHz - 2MHz high frequency range. The maximum en-

    ergy transfer in induction hardening between inductor and

    workpiece occurs at low current penetration depth (i.e high

    frequency). However, it is to be noted that the thermal effi-

    ciency deteriorates with decreasing . According to Kretzmann[3], the frequency selected for hardening must therefore, be such

    that the current penetration depth does not exceed 1/8 times the

    workpiece diameter. The substitution of this size of the

    workpiece in equation 1, gives an expression: Fmin

    = 16106/d2 Hz.......eq. 3. This expression can be used to find out theminimum frequency value [3]. The minimum frequency value

    sets a limit while designing the power source for induction hard-

    ening equipment. This limit can be exceeded if reasonable effi-

    ciency is to be obtained but it cannot be lowered. The effect of

    ratio d/ is shown in the Table: 1. The plot of fmin

    [3] against the

    workpiece dimensions gives the minimum values of frequencies

    for different types of materials and is shown in Fig: 4. For a

    definite frequency, there is also a minimum workpiece dimen-

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    sion at which the efficiency is the most reasonable. Table1 gives

    approximate formulae for calculating the minimum frequency

    corresponding to minimum workpiece diameter [1, 2].

    Table 1. Influence of the ratio d/ on the efficiency.

    Workpiece dia 8 6 4 2 1 0.4 0.1

    Current Penetration

    Depth (d/)

    Efficiency(%) 95 85 65 30 10 4 1

    (Energy conversion)

    4. INDUCED POWER

    Induced power is another factor, which influences the design of

    induction hardening equipment. For various geometrical shapes

    to be hardened the induced power is calculated by:

    P = 1,987 x 10-9 x H2 x A x m x (KW) eq. (4)

    where m= f (d/) is a factor depending on the actual shape, anddimensions of workpiece and the value of the current penetra-

    tion depth.

    The plot of m=f (d/) for different shapes in Fig: 5 showthat mexhibits maximum at a particular value of d/. [1]. For larger ratioof workpiece diameters to the current penetration depth d/, the

    power absorbed approaches nearly 100% [Table 2].

    Hence, in practice attempts are made to keep the ratio d/ equalto or greater than 4. This means a power absorption of 65%,

    with the decreasing ratio, however, the power absorbed reduces

    so much that it nearly equals the radiation losses [3].

    5. HARDENING DEPTH

    Hardening depth is always greater than penetration depth of

    current because even after the heated layer is cooled, the heat

    penetrates still further as a result of conduction. Hardening depth

    is dependent on frequency, heating time and power densities.

    The heating time is further dependent on quenching techniques

    and quenching medium. Besides, hardening depth depends on

    factors, which vary partially during the heating cycle. The exact

    determination of hardening depth is, therefore, for the same

    reason not possible. However, curves have been developed which

    give practical results. Fig 6(a),and 6 (b) show curves for both

    single shot (static) and scanning (progressive) method of hard-ening with the help of which hardening depth for different power

    densities, heating time and feed rate can be found. It is obvious

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    Fe: Iron; M: Bronze; Cu: Copper

    Fig. 4. Minimum frequency in relation to the work piece

    diameter for different materials [2].

    Fig. 5. Effect of the ratio d/ on the induced power fordifferent geometrical shapes [3].

    Diameter

    Frequency

    Hz

    Table 2. Minimum diameter of the workpiece for definite

    frequency range.

    d in mm

    Geometry of 25 100 400 900

    the workpiece

    f(KHz) 50 100 400 -

    Rectangular 2500 70 50 25 1.7

    d2

    Circular 15000 7.8 3.9 6.5 13

    d2

    d/ (Ratio)

    Indu

    cedpower

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    from the fig: 7 that by changing the heating time and power

    densities, hardening depths of 0.25m and 3m can be obtained. In

    case (a) power density of 2.5KW/cm2 will be required for a

    heating time of 0.30 s. In case (b), 0.4KW/cm2 are needed for a

    heating time of 10s.[4,5]. The surface temperatures achieved in

    these cases are 850 and 1100 0C, respectively.

    A comparison of these figures shows that larger hardening depths

    can be obtained with smaller high frequency power. Small power

    densities result in longer heating time till the hardening tempera-

    ture is reached. During this long heating time the heat penetrates

    deeper into the workpiece, which gives a greater hardening depth

    after it, is cooled. Smaller hardening depth therefore requires

    larger high frequency energy source and results in high investition

    costs. [6, 4, 5].

    6. HARDENING TECHNIQUES

    The optimum results for a definite hardening job depend on the

    hardening techniques. While designing the equipment for induc-

    tion hardening, care must be taken to select the techniques, which

    incur minimum costs per hardened workpiece under given elec-

    trical, thermal and metallurgical conditions. Basically, two meth-

    ods of surface hardening are in use, the single shot (static) andscanning (progressive) method of hardening Fig: 8a, 8b. All other

    methods are either a combination or a modification of either of

    these two methods. In single shot (static) hardening the

    workpiece is placed inside a suitable designed inductor, the power

    is switched on for a predetermined time and the workpiece is

    removed and then quenched.

    The quench-head is often located below the inductor and sprays

    water into the workpiece at the end of the heating cycle. Single

    shot method is usually applied to harden smaller cross -sections

    of oblong workpieces such as hardening of bearing surfaces,

    collars, undercuts and fillets.

    In scanning operation the workpiece inductor are moved rela-

    tively close to each other. This method is particularly suited to

    the hardening of the whole surfaces of long shafts and pipes.

    With the inductor usually being fixed, while the workpiece moves,

    the heat is continuous and so is the quenching. The scanning

    speed is 2-60m/s. The scanning speed must be such that the time

    required for the movement of the workpiece into the cooling ring

    lies within the metallurgical limit. In general, the length of the

    hardening zone in scanning operation is greater than the length of

    the inductor and the cooling ring. Instatic-hardening the induc-

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    Fig. 6. (a)Variation of hardening depth with power

    density [17].

    Fig. 7. Variation of hardening depth with the surface power

    density at a frequency of 1 MHz [5]. T= Heating time.

    f = 500 KHz; S = 00.75 mm

    Fig. 6. (b) Variation of hardening depth with density [13].

    Hardening depth (mm)

    Powerdensity

    f =1MHz

    0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

    Hardening depth (mm)

    Powerdensity

    800C =0.75 mmkwcm2

    2

    00 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

    Hardening depth (mm)

    Powerdensity

    1.0

    0.9

    0.8

    0.7

    0.6

    0.5

    0.4

    0.3

    0.2

    0.1

    0

    100

    200

    kwcm2

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    are used as buffers. The machine cycle is mainly determined by

    the hardening sequence. Stalling of the material flow i.e a lack of

    components on the incoming side and an accumulation of

    workpieces on the outgoing side trigger the cycle of the devices,

    without influencing the hardening results and no action has to be

    taken by the operator. Fully automatic hardening machines are

    usually applied for a throughput of one type only for verysimilar type of the workpieces, whereas the semi-automatic

    machines are mostly used for a medium throughput of a large

    variety of component type [4, 10].

    In practice, machines have been developed which can be used for

    both static and scanning mode of operation for surface harden-

    ing. Especially two basic designs of machines have been usually

    adopted, namely the vertical type design and the rotary bank

    type. In the vertical type machine, Fig: 9 the workpiece is brought

    into the inductor and clamped on both sides. Heating of the

    workpiece takes place with or without rotation in static or scan-

    ning mode of operation. This design serves the purpose of hard-

    ening the workpieces such as shafts and bolts etc. Another fea-

    ture of this design is that zonewise heating of the workpiece as

    required in the hardening of camshafts is possible. Here, the

    workpiece is moved with scanning speed.

    Rotary type machines,Fig: 10, have been designed for hardening

    of faces and corners of parts such as axle shaft and wheel shafts.

    Two parts can be processed at a time with a production rate of

    280 parts per hour or even more. The machine has a turn-table

    with as many as six stations: In loading, reloading, checking

    stations to determine if parts are properly loaded, heating and

    quenching. The quench-head is integrated into the inductor etc.

    Machines are used for static hardening but can be equipped with

    vertical type scanning machines [10, 7].

    8. QUENCHING TECHNIQUES

    Besides frequency, heating time and power, hardening depth is

    also dependent on quenching techniques, medium of quenching

    and speed of quenching. Quenching techniques consideration in

    the design of induction hardening equipment are, therefore, as

    important as hardening techniques. In general, quenching tech-

    niques can be direct or indirect. Usually, direct method of pres-

    sure spray quenching technique is chosen as it directly adapts to

    the induction hardening set-ups. The quenching mechanism is

    built into the inductor, Fig. 11, so as to heat and quench concur-

    rently. By adjusting the distance between the quench ring and

    the coil, the hardening depth can be influenced.

    A quench ring is built around a multiturn coil. It sprays water

    through the turns or it can be placed in the line. Inline construc-

    tion (workpiece moves into the coil to be quenched) is preferred.

    In a separate method, workpiece is quenched in a bath of oil or

    water. Usually, bath is agitated, the degree depending on the

    steel and shape of the workpiece. The quenching medium water,

    oil, air or polymer based liquid is chosen to give the required

    metallurgical properties.

    Quenching equipment should be designed so as to produce the

    desired results. For instance coupling clearance must be consid-

    ered to ensure quench effectiveness. Generally in single shot or

    static hardening, coupling is quite close (0.06 in). Clearance may

    be increased greatly, if it is necessary to harden parts of more

    than one diameter.

    Since stream velocity of the quenchant drops rapidly as the

    quenchant stream lengthens, quench equipment must include a

    separate heat exchanger for the control of quenching tempera-

    ture. Pressure control must also be provided to ensure optimum

    heat removal over the entire surface. Cooling like the heating rate

    and austenitising temperature in the surface zone must be uni-

    form and at a rate consistent with the type of steel or geometry

    of the workpiece [11].

    9. INDUCTORS

    The inductor is the heart of induction hardening equipment pro-

    ducing a magnetic field, which is induced into the workpiece to

    be hardened. In surface hardening, the workpiece is very rapidlybrought to a high temperature by means of high frequency cur-

    rents, with current densities as much as 6000A/mm2. Such cur-

    rent densities therefore require that the material selected for

    inductors must possess high thermal conductance and low resis-

    tivity. Nearly all the inductors are made of hollow, water-cooled

    copper tubes of sufficient cross-section so as to give requisite

    mechanical strength and also to carry currents without getting

    overheated. The greater the current and power requirements, the

    greater the losses. The impedance of the inductor and with that

    the resistive losses are affected by various other factors such as

    turns, coil diameter and frequency. This means that a coil with a

    small diameter and low resistivity material (e.g. copper) and

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    Fig. 11. Inductors with built-in quenching mechanism.

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    operating at low frequency will result in minimum losses. How-

    ever, greater power inputs result from higher frequencies, so the

    designer has to compromise between the most efficient type,

    the shape and the power requirement of the material to be hard-

    ened. In general high coil efficiencies (taking into account the

    power loading into the metal) are achieved at higher frequencies

    and large diameters. Coil design, therefore, must be such as togive the best heat pattern and highest degree of effciency.

    While designing inductors for surface hardening, the impedance

    of the power source must also be kept in mind. This is particu-

    larly important if the maximum available power from the energy

    source is to be utilized. Inductors are either conected directly to

    the resonant circuit of the energy source or through a radio

    frequency transformer (Fig. 12). The impedance appearing at

    the terminals of the single turn and multiturn inductor lies be-

    tween 5-200 m and has to be matched to the impedance of theenergy source.

    The form and shape of the workpiece to be hardened alongwith

    the contours of the hardening zones determine the design of theinductor. The coil or inductor must be designed to adapt exactly

    to the form of the workpiece and the path of the hardening zone

    so as to avoid undesireable heating zones and the heat flow

    resulting due to mutual effects of the magnetic fields, in case the

    inductor only approximately fits into the workpiece. Basically

    two inductors are practically in use: the internal and the external

    field inductor(Fig: 13), depending on whether the inductor is

    surrounded by the workpiece or the workpiece encircles the

    inductor. Complication arise when work pieces such as teethed

    gearare to be hardened in such cases both internal and external

    field configuration are incorporated in the design workpiece.

    Coupling is another factor, which must be taken care of whiledesigning inductors. The current density distribution is depen-

    dent on the coupling i.e. the distance between the inductor, and

    the workpiece. Since magnetic fields are stronger near to the coil

    than at any distance away from it, it is advantageous to place the

    workpiece close to the inductor, so that the maximum of the heat

    energy is transferred to it. The strength of the field varies in-

    versely with the square of the distance between the workpiece

    and the coil, which means that this consideration will have direct

    relation to the amount of heat generated in a workpiece in a given

    length of time. With multiturn coils closely coupled to the

    workpiece, there is a tendency for the eddy currents to provide

    a heat pattern corresponding to the helix of the coil. The wider

    the pitch of the coil, the more pronounced will be this heatpattern. Therefore, with a closely wound coil the rotation of the

    workpiece becomes essential. When the inductor is more loosely

    coupled i. e., at a greater distance from the surface to be heated,

    Fig: 14, the stream of eddy currents spreads over a wider area

    and rotation of the workpiece may not be necessary..In surface hardening, the inductor currents are of higher frequen-

    cies and therefore, the current densities in the inductors will not

    be uniform due to skin effect. A further factor, which causes

    Fig. 12. HF - matching transformer.

    Fig. 13 (a,b). Field distribution pattern of internal and

    external field inductors.

    Fig. 13(c). Some designs of internal and external

    field inductors.

    departure from the uniformity, is the proximity effect, which

    will cause the bulk of the inductor currents to flow in that part of

    the conductor nearest to the workpiece. Although air insulation

    between adjacent turns of the coil is adequate from the electrical

    point of view, it does not always give the requisite mechanical

    rigidity for a coil used in production situation and spacers of

    suitable insulation material, which must be capable of with-standing the high temperatures, are used [7, 8, 3].

    The production of coils for heating simple shapes to a uniform

    depth is straightforward, but designs are very complex in many

    instances such as heating of gears where the correct distribution

    of magnetic field is important. In many cases, it may be neces-

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    The DC terminals of the inverter are tightly coupled to RF

    bypass capacitor whose capacitance is sufficient to pass the AC

    component of inverter input without substantially changing its

    DC potential. The Ac terminals of the inverter drive the RF load

    circuit which is essentially a high Q series resonant circuit formed

    by tuning capacitor, C and inductive coil Lf.A radio frequency

    transformer matches the load impedance to the VA capability of

    the inverter, while coupling capacitor prevents any DC current

    from flowing in the primary winding and saturating the core.

    In operation, the MOSFET transistors are switched as diagonal

    pairs, Q1and Q

    2alternating each half cycle with Q

    3and Q

    4to

    provide a square wave voltage output at the AC terminals of the

    inverter. The waveform of the output current depends on the

    inverter frequency, which is the switching rate of the MOSFET

    transistors.

    Driving the series resonant load off resonance i.e. at a MOSFET

    switching frequency differing from the natural resonant fre-

    quency of the C1and L

    fresults in a low output current, while

    driving it at resonance results in a maximum power to the load

    coil. Infact the output current is controlled in a closed loop byvarying the driving frequency [14].

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    Professor of electronics at the College

    of Engineering PAF-KIET, Korangi

    Creek Karachi received his B.Sc. (Hons.)

    in 1964, M. Sc (for Hons.) in 1965 from

    the University of Sindh, Jamshoro Sindh

    and PhD in 1974 from the University of

    Southampton, England.

    Prior joining the PAF-KIET, Dr. Mughal was professor of

    Microelectronics and an associate Dean at the Institute of

    Business and Technology, BIZTEK, Main Ibrahim Hydri

    Road, Karachi.Before adopting full time teaching profession at PAF-KIET

    and BIZTEK, Dr. Mughal was Chief Scientific Officer (BPS-

    20), and served as a Head of the Research Division, Applied

    Physics, Computers and Instrumentation Technology Re-

    search Division, PCSIR Karachi Laboratories Complex,

    Karachi-75280.

    Dr. Mughal joined PCSIR Karachi Laboratories in June 1966

    as Research Assistant and successively rose to the post of

    Chief Scientific Officer. The main task was full time scien-

    tific and Industrial Research.

    During his stay at PCSIR, he was visiting professor part-

    time, under the UGC (Higher Education Commission) teach-

    ing programme in the Department of Physics, University of

    Sindh, Jamshoro (1975-77) and taught of Microelectronics

    to M. Sc (Final) students. Dr. Mughal also went to Iraq and

    served as a visiting professor in the College of engineering

    and the College of Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah,

    Iraq and taught Microelectronics and Physics to B.E. stu-

    dents (1980-82).

    Dr. Mughal assisted in establishing, Institute of Industrial

    Electronics Engineering (IIEE-PCSIR) faculty of NED Uni-

    versity of Engineering & Technology. He taught Solid-state

    Devices Technology/Integrated Circuits & Physics to B. E

    students (1989-94). Simultaneously Dr. Mughal was teach-

    ing Industrial Electronics and Physics to the Post-diploma

    students at PSTC-PCSIR (1989-94).

    Dr. Mughal has 36 years R&D experience and 15 years teach-ing experience in Pakistan and abroad. He has also industrial

    experience in respect of repair and calibration of electronic

    gadgets.

    Dr. Mughal has 30 publications of international repute to his

    credit. He is member of a number of societies in Pakistan.

    Research Concentration and Areas of Subject

    Microelectronics, Physics & Technology of Solid-state De-

    vices, Instrumentation and Education Delivery Systems in

    Science and Engineering Faculty.

    Professor Dr. Ghulam Rasool MughalCMILT