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NORMALIZING / ANNEALING / BRIGHT ANNEALING CONTROL SOLUTIONS FOR RETROFITS & NEW FURNACES UPC-MARATHON control solutions are modular packages based on our Protherm 470, 510, 610, and 710 controllers with onboard IO or connected to a new or existing PLC.  All solutions are designed to significantly improve your operations, meet industry standards, and ultimately provide you with precise and reliable process control. Control solutions come in several formats including full control panels, retrofit plates, and controller-only packages. Standard and custom configurations are available for new or upgrade applications and include state-of-the-art equipment backed by our extensive technological expertise. Possible annealing modules include:

• Process Atmosphere Analysis
• Process Control
• Process Atmosphere Control
• AccuCarb LTA
• FurnaceDoctor FX
• Flow Control

 

CARBURIZING CONTROL SOLUTIONS FOR RETROFITS & NEW FURNACES UPC-MARATHON control solutions are modular packages based on our Protherm 470, 510, 610, and 710 controllers with onboard IO or connected to a new or existing PLC. All solutions are designed to significantly improve your operations, meet industry standards, and ultimately provide you with precise and reliable process control. Control solutions come in several formats including full control panels, retrofit plates, and controller-only packages. Standard and custom configurations are available for new or upgrade applications and include state-of-the-art equipment backed by our extensive technological expertise. All carburizing solutions include:

• Process atmosphere control and logging – Analog or On/Off control
• Furnace temperature control and logging – Analog or On/Off control
• Quench temperature control and logging - Analog or On/Off control
• Probe care advanced probe maintenance
• Digital chart recorder
• Simultaneous recipes for furnaces capable of multiple loads

Available for batch, continuous, and pusher applications.  

PRECISE NITRIDING CONTROL FOR RETROFITS & NEW FURNACES UPC-MARATHON control solutions are modular packages based on our Protherm 470, 510, 610, and 710 controllers with onboard IO or connected to a new or existing PLC. All solutions are designed to significantly improve your operations, meet industry standards, and ultimately provide you with precise and reliable process control. Control solutions come in several formats including full control panels, retrofit plates, and controller-only packages. Standard and custom configurations are available for new or upgrade applications and include state-of-the-art equipment backed by our extensive technological expertise. All nitriding and nitrocarburizing solutions include:

• Furnace atmosphere control based on K_N, K_C, K_O, dissociation, or fixed flows
• Furnace temperature available in single or multi heater zones, direct or cascade controlled
• Safety purge monitor by volume with recipe lockout (password protected)
• Process atmosphere control and logging
• Furnace temperature control and logging
• Batch production logs
• Digital chart recorder

   

SmartMeth™ - Automated Nitrogen Methanol Mixing System

The SmartMeth™ control system is a fully automated nitrogen methanol mixing system for heat-treating furnace atmosphere production. The SmartMeth™ utilizes the latest in precision differential pressure flow measurement and touchscreen controller design. This first-of-its-kind system with built-in flowrate calculation automatically sets the nitrogen and methanol flowrates based on the desired %CO furnace concentration.  

PROTHERM 9800 INDUCTION - REAL-TIME INDUCTION PROCESS QUALITY CONTROL The PROTHERM 9800 INDUCTION is a data acquisition and alarm package for induction heat-treating equipment that meets industry standards and ultimately provides precise and reliable process monitoring. Typical Monitored / Logged Parameters:

• Power
• Voltage
• Frequency
• Temperature
• Water flow
• Scan rate
• Other signals from the machine that can be measured

Precise Vacuum Furnace Control for Retrofits & New Vacuum Furnaces with Protherm Universal Programmable Controllers   UPC-MARATHON control solutions are modular packages based on our Protherm 470, 510, 610, and 710 controllers with onboard IO or connected to a new or existing PLC. All solutions are designed to significantly improve your operations, meet industry standards, and ultimately provide you with precise and reliable process control. Control solutions come in several formats including full control panels, retrofit plates, and controller-only packages. Standard and custom configurations are available for new or upgrade applications and include state-of-the-art equipment backed by our extensive technological expertise. All vacuum solutions include:

• Guaranteed soaks based on multiple work thermocouples
• Built-in uniformity survey capability
• Temperature control with multiple PID sets for increased uniformity and overshoot control
• Monitoring of all critical process factors with less operator involvement
• Batch production logs
• Digital chart recorder