Perfecting your thermal processing operations is paramount to producing high-quality products. By mastering and maintaining control of your equipment, old and new, you can achieve this optimization, which ultimately leads to the ideal performance of your heat-treating equipment. This performance allows you to obtain and replicate desired results, as well as streamline your process, creating time and cost savings. Advanced controls technology gives you the operational flexibility needed to measure and analyze your equipment and processes with ease. You can then use said analysis to refine and adjust the settings and parameters of your equipment to enhance your process. With advanced controls, this optimization is simple and also ensures less human error in the production process because it eliminates several manual processes, automating them for precise, repeatable control. Revitalizing older equipment with controls upgrades increases its capabilities and overall flexibility, keeping it up-to-date and in line with your current systems. One example of the benefits of an upgrade to an older system is that many older vacuum furnaces require a manual adjustment of the heating elements via trim pots. With a controls upgrade, one can monitor and adjust the heating elements through the industrial computer’s graphical interface. By eliminating the need for manual adjustments, you rely on the Program Logic Controller (PLC), thus eliminating the potential for … Optimizing Your Thermal Processing Equipment Call Our Engineered Components Group 800.727.7625 Ask for Nate, ext. 2582 Read the full technical article at www.IpsenUSA.com/AdvancedControls: www.IpsenUSA.com Upgrading and retrofitting your equipment extends the life of your investment, enhances your performance and capabilities and boosts your overall efficiencies through better integration of systems. Ipsen’s CompuVac ® controls system features … • Alarm display and alerts • In-process recipe editing • Programmable heating and cooling events • Preventative maintenance and diagnostics • Digitrim ® for enhanced heat zone control • Real-time and historical trending ® Controls Technology Advanced