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Pro Series
Furnace Operations Manual
Porcelain Names
The first four types of programs are for normal porcelain
firing cycles. These four types of programs have a unique
feature, they can be named to aid in the identification
of the programs to be run. Most technicians name the
program groups for the porcelain brands that they use
on a regular basis. For example:
1. SYNS–named for Synspar (Jeneric) porcelain
2. ELIT–named for Elite porcelain
3. VITA–named for VITA porcelain
4. CMCO–named for Ceramco porcelain
Note:
Do not attempt to change CERM, PRES, or SPEC.
These are special types of programs for In-Ceram,
®
pressing, and Custom (SPEC) parameter needs.
In the procedure for changing names that follows, please
be aware of the following items:
• While any number, letter, space, or special character
may be selected, only four characters per name can
be used.
• An underline will indicate the current character position.
• Pressing the
Next
button moves underline to
next position.
• Pressing the
Last
button moves underline to
previous position.
Procedures:
1. Press the
Special Functions
button.
2. Turn the
Select Knob
until the display reads
PORCELAIN NAMES.
3. Press the
Next
button. The furnace will display
the first two porcelain names. The underline
(cursor) will be under the first character of the
first porcelain name.
4. Turning the
Select Knob
will cause the character
above the underline (cursor) to cycle through
numbers, letters, and other characters available.
Press the
Next
button to enter characters and
the
Last
button to go back.
5. When the
Next
button is pressed and the last
character in the porcelain name has been selected,
the underline will move to the first character in the
next name. Repeat the above procedure for each of
the remaining porcelain names you wish to change.
Adjust Calibration to Match
Your Porcelain
Porcelain fires according to energy, temperature
(singular) and time. All porcelain furnaces fire slightly
different. Even porcelain furnaces from the same
manufacturer can fire porcelains at slightly different
temperatures. The
Pro Series
furnaces
address this
problem by allowing you to customize the calibration.
The furnace comes with a
Certificate of
Temperature Calibration
. This certificate shows the
actual temperature in the muffle for several temperatures
as displayed by the furnace. Special instrumentation is
used at the factory to achieve these close calibration
tolerances. Adjusting the calibration as described here
will allow you to globally adjust the temperature for
all programs.
Both the
Pro 100
and
Pro Press 100
calibrations can
be adjusted for normal
high-fusing
porcelains and for
low-fusing
porcelains (see pages 14 and 15). Use the
low-fusing adjustments if your porcelain fires at or below
800° C/ 1470° F. Use the high-fusing adjustments if your
porcelain fires above 800° C/1470° F.
These adjustments do not affect each other, so
both adjustments can be used if you fire both
types of porcelain.
The Pro Press 100 has another calibration
adjustment specifically for pressing programs.
This feature (CAL PRES TEMP) can be adjusted
just like the high- and low-fusing adjustments.
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