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ANNEALING GLASS BEADS
About these annealing programs
Programs 1-3 in this grouping will batch anneal glass beads
made of Bullseye, System96, and Moretti (Effetre) glasses.
Program 4 is set for continuous annealing while you create.
Safety First
:
Never try to put a bead already on the mandrel directly into a preheated or actively firing
kiln unless the kiln has a properly installed bead door. You run the risk of electrocution.
To anneal beads in a kiln without a bead door refer to batch annealing below.
What is Batch Annealing?
Batch annealing is simply taking already cooled, room temperature beads, heating them
to annealing temperature and cooling them through a proper annealing cycle. The beads
may either still on the mandrel or previously removed from the mandrel, and should be
placed on the kiln shelf so that none of the beads are touching one another.
FIRING THE KILN
Begin in the IDLE mode
To begin programming the kiln, it must be in the
IdLE
mode. This can be determined by
viewing the LED display. The display will alternately display both the current
temperature and the
IdLE
message. When the kiln controller is first turned on, it will
display the current firing configuration that it is in.
Press (Program) button to return to the
IdLE
mode.
Select the firing configuration
To determine the current firing configuration:
Press (Increase) button and hold until the LED display shows
CFG
Press (Program) button to display the current firing configuration.
To select the correct firing configuration,
Press (Increase) button to scroll to the correct configuration,
bEAd
Glass beads
Press (Program) button to select this configuration.
