Case Study
Case study: Inline Material Processing Oven
Ceramicx designed and built an infrared oven system for a UK based customer. This customer specialises in the coating and lamination of complex textiles as well as the cutting of carbon composite materials. The infrared oven was designed with 4 zones evenly spread throughout which allowed the heat to be evenly spread throughout the material giving an end result of a high quality material finish. Each zone was capable of being controlled to within 2°C of the specified setpoint which allowed for a fast heat up time and extremely accurate setpoint control.
| Total Power: | 59kW |
| Power Supply: | 3 x 400V + N + PE |
| Maximum Current/Phase: | 100A |
| Element Type: | Long wave ceramic model SFEH |
| Total Heating Power: | 58.8kW |
| Control channels: | 4 |
| Control type: | 4 zone closed loop combined with open loop control of 132 channels |
| Controller: | Ascon KR1 |
| Control interface: | Ascon KR1 |
| Power control: | SSR |
| Control feedback: | Type K thermocouples integrated into ceramic element |
| Footprint: | 1.8×1.05m |
| Oven length (entry to exit): | 1.8m |
| Approvals: | CE |
