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Pro Series

Furnace Operations Manual

Porcelain on Titanium

(Pro 100)

HEAT RISE

HOLD TIME

INERT

COOLING

COOL

TIME

VACUUM PURGE/ARGON

PURGE/

ARGON

ENTRY

TIME

SOAK TIME

Titanium Firing Cycle Program

(Pro 100 only)

The

Pro 100

includes

hardware and a special
firing cycle for titanium
to porcelain.

Because titanium will
oxidize, the

Pro 100

has a special firing program with
Argon for firing porcelains to titanium.

In its titanium firing cycles the

Pro 100

automatically

purges and maintains an inert condition for firing porcelain
to titanium.

Before running this program type, Argon must be properly
hooked up to the furnace. See page 33 for details.

Procedure:

1. Press the

Change Program

button.

2. Turn the

Select Knob

until ADD A PROGRAM

is displayed.

3. Press the

Next

button to add a program.

4. ADD:

will be displayed. Turn the

Select Knob

to find

the program number you want to add your new
program into. If you select a program number that
already has a program entered, you will overwrite the
existing program. Press the

Next

button.

10. SOAK TIME X:XX is displayed. Most operators measure

the time it takes to purge to an inert condition and set
the soak time to this amount. Press the

Next

button.

11. HEAT RATE XXC/M is displayed. (Turn the

Select Knob

to change the heat rate.) Press the

Next

button to enter

your change or merely skip to the next parameter when
no change is selected.

12. FINAL TEMP XXXC is displayed. Press the

Next

button

to skip or turn the

Select Knob

to change the final

temperature, then press the

Next

button to go to the

next parameter.

13. HOLD TIME X:XX is displayed. Hold time includes the

total time at the final temperature under vacuum plus
under air. Press the

Next

button.

14. LOWER TABLE XXXC is displayed. The furnace will

remain in an inert condition with the table in the up
position until this temperature is reached in the
cooling step, then the muffle will be exposed to
air and the table will be opened.

15. COOL TIME X:XX is displayed. This is the time to lower

the table to the fully down position. The table will be
lowered in steps evenly spaced during cool time.

Note:

Cool time will not start until the lower table

temperature has been reached.

Press the

Next

button.

16. USE VACUUM - NO is displayed. Turn the

Select Knob

to YES to use vacuum in your program, NO if you do not
wish to use vacuum in this program. Selecting NO will
force the furnace to purge to an inert condition at the
beginning of the soak stage of a program and maintain
that inert condition for the remainder of the program.
Selecting YES will force the furnace to purge to an
inert condition at the beginning of the soak stage of
a program, pull a vacuum at the appropriate time, and
purge on again to an inert condition when the vacuum
is released. Press the

Next

button. If your selection in

this step was NO the display has returned to the Ready
Select Menu screen and you are finished adding this
program. If your selection in this step was YES
continue with the next step.

17. VAC LEVEL XXCM is displayed. Turn the

Select Knob

to the vacuum level desired. Press the

Next

button.

18. DURING HEAT UP or SOAK TIME. During heat up will

start the vacuum at a temperature during the heat
up step of the program (similar to a normal porcelain
cycle). Soak time will start the vacuum during the soak
time period. Some operators prefer to select soak time
and set the vacuum start time to a time after the furnace
has purged, and they set the soak time long enough for
the furnace to purge and pull a vacuum before starting
the heat rise step. Press the

Next

button to continue.

PORCELAIN TYPE:

1 TITN-

Figure 26

5. Turn the

Select Knob

to find the firing cycle for TITN.

Press the

Next

button.

6. ENTER PROG NAME will be displayed on the top