The photo shows an automobile powertrain driveshaft (half shaft)
induction hardening machine.

In the front is the hardening machine and above it are two gantry loaders
for loading and unloading.
In the back left is the incoming panel and converter.

The workpiece in the center of the hardening machine is glowing red
during heating.

To the left of the hardening machine, a workpiece is waiting on a jig.
The same type of jig is also to the right of the machine, not seen in the photo.

The workpiece is picked up by the robotic arm, turned horizontally 90˚,
carried over the machine by the gantry loader and loaded
into the heating station.

After heating and quenching, the other gantry loader unloads the workpiece
and carries it to the next process.

This machine was specially designed for our semi-open line coil
and achieves a remarkably short cycle time of 20 seconds per workpiece.