Saturday, April 16, 2011

Industrial Oven Systems

By Mondo Humboldt


An autoclave and an industrial oven are very similar. In fact if you search for one there is a strong chance you will find the other. What exactly is an industrial oven? An industrial oven is a large heating device used for a number of things. Some of the uses can include curing, component testing, coating, and drying. Industrial ovens are designed to meet certain specifications. Walk-in ovens are made for larger batch sizes while cabinet and bench ovens are made to handle smaller batches. Conveyor covens come in manual and automatic systems and are used to raise production and lower handling and staging costs. The down side to using conveyor ovens can be the size and shape restrictions on objects intended to go through them.

Industrial walk-in ovens range from 5' H x 5' W x 5' D to 25'H x 30' W x 150' L. If the standard ovens are not what a customer is looking for, there are manufacturers who will build a custom oven. Most ovens can be purchased with one or two doors. The doors can be swing or vertical lift, either by means of a pneumatic cylinder or motor drive. Some manufacturers can also provide a man-door for quick access to the oven. Industrial ovens are designed with excellent air flow and temperature uniformity through dynamically balanced blowers for even baking and have temperatures that reach 1500 degrees F. The ovens can have many duct designs for optimal heating of parts.

The loss of heat through the exhaust system is a determining factor in the oven's efficiency. Heat lost by product absorption, conveyor absorption and carry out heat are also factors. Heat also escapes through the openings, roof and walls of the oven. Electric and gas heat sources are the two primary methods of heating the ovens. SCR, or silicon controlled rectifiers, system is used with the electric heating units with backup safety contractors foe high heat limit disconnect. Gas heated ovens us an FM approved system. The FM approval is backed by scientific testing and research. It's a way to show the product meets the high standards and specifications set by Factory Mutual Research Corporation.

For absolute data-acquisition and automation a CPC (Common Principal Component) computer control system is used in many industrial ovens. CPC controls electric or gas-fired ovens. The system can also control and monitor vacuum lines on curing and bonding industrial ovens. CPC is the leading software in the world for bonding and composite curing in presses, autoclaves, ovens, and more equipment. For more than 13 years, CPC systems have been operating throughout the world, and have an extensive field record in the very demanding applications. CPC systems control walk-in and batch ovens that can be used in the aerospace, coating, and composites industries. Even small bench ovens can benefit from CPC because of its multi-equipment capability.

If you are looking for equipment to help with batch heating or drying requirements, composite curing, and coating a good company to turn to is ASC Process Systems. ASC is a company out of California that supplies industrial ovens, autoclaves and other products and software worldwide. ASC has created the Econoclave, which is the most efficient and highest quality autoclave that can be bought. Not only that, the Econoclave is the most affordable to buy and to operate due to its breakaway design. What sets ASC apart from other oven manufacturers are ASC's capability to provide the process equipment needed and also the appropriate software and hardware for your specifications.




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