Pro 200 Series
QuickStart Guide
Displays on Left Side of Panel
• Text Display shows menus, allows parameter editing, displays prompts.
• Firing Graph below text display monitors program in progress status.
Power on and Initial Setup
Turn on Power Switch at right rear corner of furnace.
Wait for the Self Diagnostic Program to run and the firing table to lower
• The display will present the “Main Menu”. Approximately
10 seconds later the table will lower to the down position.
Place the firing tray on the lift table seated over the centering pin.
Press the Up Arrow button to raise the table/tray and check for uniform table
closure.
•
note:
The first press will begin raising the table; if pressed a second
time while the table is moving the table will stop moving; if pressed a third
time the table will resume moving upward. (The same “pause” feature works
with the Down Arrow button and downward motion.)
Setting Essential Preferences
The User Manual details all of the “
Special Functions
” preference settings,
however there are three settings you will want to select right away, before you
run your first Program. They are the Temperature Units, muffle Idle Temperature,
and whether you want the Vacuum pump to run constantly or intermittently (draw
a certain vacuum, then shut off and only run the pump during the program if the
vacuum falls below a preset value.)
From the Main Menu, rotate the Knob until the “
Special Functions
” entry is
indicated by the cursor. Press the Knob. If you wish to change the displayed
Temperature Units, select
Special Functions
, then select “Temp in C or F”, then
seclect “YES” to leave the furnace in Celcius, select “NO” to switch to Fahrenheit.
Now rotate the Knob until the “
Change Idle temperature
” entry is indicated and
press the Knob. You can set the value of the Idle temperature by rotating the
Knob to the desired temperature, then
pressing the Knob to accept and store the value. You will be returned to the Main
Menu after each Special Function edit is finished.
The default Vacuum mode is called “Intermittent”, where the pump runs to a
default vacuum level of 71 cm of mercury, shuts off, and only restarts if the
vacuum drops below the 71 cm level during the Program. If you want the
vacuum pump to run constantly during the time the Program calls for vacuum,
select the “
Constant Vac Pump
” Special Function and use the Knob to edit the
setting to “Yes”. The “
Set Vacuum Level
” Special Function allows changing the
default 71 cm cutoff vacuum to any value between 28 cm and 75 cm for the
Intermittent Mode only.
Pro 200 Series
QuickStart Guide
Entering Your First Program
(at the Furnace)
Press the
Menu
button
Rotate the Knob until display cursor points to “
Change Program
”
You can either press the Knob inward to make the selection or press the “Next”
button
Rotate the Knob until the display cursor points to “Add/Edit” program, then press
Knob or Next button.
The cursor will point at text like “005-“ on the first line of the display. (This is the
program number)
Rotate the Knob to any unused program number (no text to the right of the XXX-)
and press Knob to select it.
number of Stages
Rotate/Press the Knob to select either a “1-STAGE” program or a “2-STAGE”
program (1 rate rise, or 2 rate rise)
Program name
You will be prompted to enter the Program Name by rotating the Knob to select
each character, then pressing the Next button to accept the character and move
to the right for the next one. If you want to change a previously entered
character you can back up to the left by pressing the “Last” button and
re-entering the character. Up to 15 characters/spaces can be used to name the
program. When you are finished with the Program Name, press the Knob to
continue with the next program parameter entry.
Single Stage Parameters
Hold time
– How long the muffle stays at the final firing temperature
Dry time
– The time it takes the table to reach the muffle.
Entry temp
– Muffle temperature when the table closes.
Rate Rise
– The speed of temperature increase to the Hold Temperature
Hold temp
– The final firing temperature.
Fuse Adjust
– Specific to each individual program, this value adds to or
subtracts from the Hold temperature. This can be left at the default “0” value and
edited as the need arises, if ever.
table Down
– After the Hold Time expires and heater cools down, the
temperature the table opens at.
Cool time
– The time it takes the table to move downward to the full down
position.
Use Vacuum
? – Do you want vacuum during cycle
Use Argon
? – For Pro 200, user can enable or disable Argon support from the
Special Function menu. If the user enables the Argon support, user will see the
Argon option when a new program is added.
Argon feature is not available for
Pro Press 200
.
Vacuum Level
- User defined vacuum level for intermittent vacuum operation
