Watlow Reduce unplanned downtime
Reduce unplanned downtime
Improved power efficiency combined with
diagnostics and health condition monitoring, help
to improve overall system robustness:
• Less equipment to maintain – no need for
power filters, power factor correction devices
or extra water cooling systems
• Monitoring and notification of key parameters
provide simplified diagnostics of process fault
conditions, for faster maintenance
• Advanced notification of heater deterioration
enables pre-ordering and scheduling of
replacement parts
• Predictive load management can keep the
power demand within the capability of the
power line, helping to reduce the risk of
power outages
Improve furnace performance
High accuracy temperature measurement
and precision power control help to improve
workpiece throughput and quality:
• High quality heat treatment
• Repeatable performance throughout the
furnace temperature range
• Achieve higher Nadcap furnace class
temperature uniformity
CapEx savings
An EPower controller based power supply
solution often costs less than an analog thyristor
or VRT design:
• Expensive additional power factor correction
systems are not required. Transformers can
be air cooled, or water cooled using the
furnace cooling system
• Digital thyristor control allows space saving,
due to a typically smaller footprint than analog
designs
• Ethernet connectivity enables communication
with other instruments and platforms,
reducing wiring costs and allowing access to
key parameters
• Greenfield electrical distribution systems
can be a smaller size due to load sharing
and shedding, which balances and limits the
power demand on the supply