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Pro Series
Furnace Operations Manual
15. LOWER TABLE XXXC is displayed. This is the temp-
erature to open the furnace and lower the table. The
furnace will remain in an inert condition with the table
in the fully up position until this temperature is
reached in the cooling step.
16. COOL TIME X:XX is displayed. This is the time
needed to lower the table to the fully down position.
The table will be lowered in evenly spaced steps
during cool time.
Note:
Cool time will not start until the lower table
temperature has been reached.
Press the
Next
button.
17. 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 program and maintain that inert
condition for the remainder of the program. Selecting
YES will force the furnace to sinter the old way, using
vacuum throughout the program.
18. Press the
Next
button. The program has been
saved and the display will return to the Ready
Select Menu screen.
0 CERM – CERAM2
ENTRY TIME 0:00
Figure 30
MIN:
SEC
In-Ceram
®
Firing Cycle Program
1. Press the
Change Program
button.
2. Turn the
Select Knob
to select ADD A PROGRAM
on the screen. Press the
Next
button to add a pro-
gram.
3. ADD is displayed. Turn the
Select Knob
to find the
program number you want to assign your new program.
4. PORCELAIN TYPE is displayed. Turn the
Select Knob
to find the firing cycle called CERM porcelain type.
Press the
Next
button.
5. ENTER PROG NAME is displayed on the top line and
the program number with the program type selected
previously will be on the second line. Turn the
Select
Knob
to change the underlined characters.
8. TIME
1 HR: MN X: XX is displayed. Press the
Next
button to proceed.
9. 1ST TEMP XXXC
is displayed. Time one is the amount
of time (heat rate) the furnace will take to rise to the
next hold temperature. Turn the
Select Knob
to the
desired amount of time. Press the
Next
button.
10. HOLD 1 HR: MN X: XX is displayed. To select a time
in hours and minutes for the first hold time, press the
Next
button.
11. TIME 2 HR: MN X: XX is displayed. Time two is the
amount of time (heat rate) the furnace will take to rise
to the next hold temperature. Turn the
Select Knob
to
the desired amount of time. Select a time in hours and
minutes. Press the
Next
button.
12. FINAL TEMP is displayed. Turn the
Select Knob
to
the desired temperature. Press the
Next
button.
13. HOLD 2 HR: MN X: XX is displayed. Enter the hold
time in hours and minutes. Press the
Next
button.
14. LOWER TABLE XXXC is displayed. Enter the
temperature at which the table will lower. Press
the
Next
button.
15. COOL TIME XX: X is displayed. This is the time it takes
the table to reach the fully down position. The time will
then be divided among evenly-spaced steps down,
according to special cool position set in the Special
Function Menu. Press the
Next
button.
6. The display will look similar to the one shown above.
Notice that the program number, program type and
program name just entered are on the first line. The
second line is prompting for an entry time. Turn
the
Select Knob
to select the entry time required.
This is the time it takes the table to rise to the muffle
and fully close. The temperature will be raised or
lowered to the entry temperature before the entry
time begins.
7. ENTRY TEMP is displayed. This is the temperature
the furnace will rise or fall to before the entry time
begins. Press the
Next
button.
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