Survey on induction heating development in Italy

This paper presents a short survey of the development of induction heating technology in Italy, seen in the frame of the international outline. The paper is based on the “lectio magistralis” given in Padua by the author on December 13, 2010 entitled “Research in the field of induction heating at the University of Padua” [1]. After a short historical background, focused on the period before the WWII, the paper deals with the activities in this field of the most important Italian companies and the research developed at the University of Padua.