The Datapaq Furnace Tracker Telemetry System allows you to see in real time what happens to your product during the heat treatment process.

Thermocouples, connected to the product, feed temperature information to a Data Logger. Protected from the heat of the furnace by a specially-engineered Thermal Barrier, the Data Logger transmits the temperature information via Radio Frequency (RF) back to the PC. To ensure integrity of the data, it is also stored on the Logger as it is transmitted. The Datapaq Furnace Telemetry System uses advanced data transmission technology to send and receive information which makes it ideal to use in most continuous and batch furnaces.

Furnace Tracker Telemetry benefits:

• Have instant access to data, speeds up problem solving.
• Assess the affects of changes to furnace settings as the process progresses.
• Carry out in-house Temperature Uniformity Surveys.
• Ideal for development of thermal profiles for new products.
• See precisely what is happening to the product during the heat treatment process.
• Compare actual product temperatures to specification during the process.
• Optimize cycle times.

New TM21 Radio Telemetry System Features

• System can be tailored to meet your specific process requirements:
  Batch Process(es) – Simple primary receiver kit.
  Demanding Conveyorized Processes – Primary receiver complemented with add on modular secondary receivers.
• Automatic frequency selection from software, thus minimizing interference and maximizing signal quality.
• Intelligent listen-before-transmit feature enables the system to operate with multiple loggers on the same transmitting frequency and collect all data in one installation of Datapaq Insight software.
• Receivers connected in series with low-loss RS485 digital communications bus maximizing signal strength.
• Comprehensive on screen real time system diagnostics reporting signal status for each transmitting logger and receiver.
• Transmission performance optimized for high-temperature operation with internal self-calibration routines.
• The radio system has full approval to geographical regulations (EU, USA and Japan)
• Ultra low power consumption extending battery life and hence operating life.
• In-logger data storage as back-up to transmitted data ensuring integrity of data.
• Fits most existing Furnace Tracker Thermal Barriers - so easy to retrofit.
• Special high temperature transmitting antenna for optimum performance.
• Operates with Furnace Tracker Insight and Insight Survey software

Using the Furnace Telemetry System for Temperature Uniformity Surveys:

Benefits:

• Do multiple surveys quickly and accurately. Know precisely when to ramp up to the next level.
• Instantaneous COMPLETE survey documentation for traceability with a customized report.
• Minimize human error.
• No lost production while doing surveys.
• Do in-house uniformity surveys at your convenience with minimal expense.

Insight Telemetry Features:

• Software wizards to help set up survey.
• Survey furnace directly, or apply to separate data file to get calculations.
• Warnings for temperature overshoot.
• Min., Max., Mean, Spread, and Deviation automatically calculated for each survey range at each thermocouple position.
• Advisory screen to show when all thermocouples are within tolerance.
• Thermocouple calibration offsets easily applied to results before or after survey.
• Dedicated user-definable report shows results of all calculations, raw data, and thermocouple calibration offsets.
• Audit trail to verify authenticity of data.
• Automatic intelligent frequency selection and set-up.
• Real time tool detailing quality of data transmission for each logger / receiver and system status information.
• Live real-time analysis of process data and review against process set-up (zones, temperature set-points, overlays).
• Event markers log events at the precise point they happen on the profile.
• Automatic data-saving to PC during run to guarantee data protection.

A trial is recommended to ensure optimum operating conditions.