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Understanding your needs through applications expertise

During the past thirty years Eurotherm has earned an international reputation for premium quality, ‘fit for purpose’ products and systems, derived from an exceptionally high understanding of industrial applications and process requirements.

Each of the solutions we provide is drawn from a comprehensive family of configurable process control instrumentation, data management systems and scaleable automation solutions. These extend from input conditioning modules, power controllers and simple single loop controllers, to multi-loop fully configurable controllers and integrated distributed process control systems (DCS). Supported by an extensive range of data acquisition and web enabled data management units, and established chart recorders.

The “Eurotherm Difference”, however, is much more than just superior products. We embrace the ethics of care and support for our customers, so that you, our customer, can benefit from the experience that can only come from the worlds leader in control and measurement instrumentation. When you need ongoing support, our engineers can offer immediate technical advice covering application, product or process issues.

Pharmaceuticals Boiler ControlPlastics Metals
Heat Treatment Food and BeveragesGlassPower Generation Water
Semiconductor FabricationEnvironmental Testing & MonitoringHospitals & Healthcare

Plastics
Key application areas include:

  • Melt Temperature and Pressure Control
  • Multi-zone heat control
  • Automatic diameter control
  • Barrel zone
  • Die Heater
  • Heat/Cool control
  • Water / oil / fan cooling

The plastics industry needs special solutions, from simple, low cost temperature and pressure control, to highly complex, fully integrated multi-zone systems. We are equally at home at either end of this spectrum, and can provide cost-effective solutions whatever the production requirement. Our simple temperature controllers offer stable, reliable and accurate performance at low cost, but we can also provide complex systems involving multi-zone and sequenced operation, equipment diagnostics to minimize down time, clear graphical touch-screen operator interfaces and open system communications with other systems.


Life Sciences
Key application areas include:

  • Pressure/Ph/Temperature/Flow Control
  • Fermentation
  • Reaction Vessels
  • Freeze Drying
  • Environment Monitoring Systems
  • Autoclave Control
  • Spray Drier Control
  • Mixers and Blenders
  • Clean Steam
  • Purified Water
  • Equipment Sterilization

We are a long-established supplier for large-scale production processes, Bio-Pharm and laboratories internationally. We therefore work to all of the different GXP standards, and have been audited successfully by many of the world’s major pharmaceutical manufacturers. We are able to meet FDA requirements, including 21 CFR pt 11, and can provide Gamp 4 Lifecycle services.

Flexible Solutions For Life Sciences (8,137KB)
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Sterilization Process - Application Note (1,406KB)
The Sterilization Process (Autoclaves) - Application Note (110KB)
Steriliser Profile - Technical Note (445KB)

Heat Treatment
Key application areas include:

  • Furnace Electrode Control
  • Vacuum Control
  • Casting
  • Hardening
  • Brazing
  • Creep Testing
  • Atmosphere Control
  • Annealing Furnaces
  • Quench Furnaces
  • Furnace Surveys

Eurotherm control solutions allow wider utilization of plant and equipment for different kinds of heat treatment operations, whilst optimization of each process maximizes product quality. Simple and clear user interfaces, tamper-proof logging, ruggedized enclosures and powerful tried and tested software ensure that Eurotherm systems are widely specified by the worlds heat treatment industries.

Accredited Services for Heat Treatment - Brochure (739KB)
Gas Carburizing Brochure - Treating Steel to Improve Surface Hardness and Durability (1,827KB)
Eurotherm Heat Treatment Solutions - Designed for NADCAP Requirements (4,030KB)
Eurotherm and NADCAP - Expert Control and Secure Recording (120KB)
Heat Treatment Eurotherm and Nadcap - Technical Note (Cannot perform fsize(): Win32 Error Code = 2
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Over Temperature Alarms to FM/DIN 3440 - Application Note (415KB)

 

Boiler Control
Key application areas include:

  • TDS Control
  • Integrated Boiler Control
  • Gas Burner Management
  • Level & Pressure Control
  • Flow Computer
  • Pump Sequence Control
  • Pressure Control
  • Steam Main Warm-up
  • Continuous Blow down
  • Timed Bottom Blow down

Designed to maximize boiler efficiency, minimize fuel consumption and reduce emissions, our control and monitoring solutions function to PM5 and PM60 standards, ensuring that all functions are performed to the highest levels. They also include a number of advanced functions, such as the ability to communicate over Ethernet based networks, allow steam data to be measured around the whole site


Environmental testing & monitoring
Key application areas include:

  • Control of temperature, Humidity, Altitude, Pressure and Light
  • Plant and biological growth
  • Compressor Control
  • Altitude Monitoring
  • Gene Developments

OEMs serving the environmental sectors need to be assured of high accuracies, consistent repeatability, high reliability and equipment flexibility. That’s why our systems are widely specified for complex applications such as multi-function climatic test chambers. And built-in ability to encrypt and securely store process data for traceability and verification purposes, means that critical test and monitoring applications can be supported by secure archive data.


Food and beverages
Key application areas include:

  • Distillation Columns
  • Fermentation Vessels
  • Pasteurization
  • CIP
  • Baking & Conveyor Ovens
  • Gas Burners
  • Freezer & Cold Stores
  • Mixers & Blenders

Eurotherm systems are widely used, including integrated control and monitoring of automated production and storage processes, dairy production and brewing. We offer a spectrum of flexible control strategies to effectively manage different production processes. Key areas of expertise include ratio/color/moisture control, cascade control for steam pasteurizers and tracking and traceability to FDA Standards.


Glass
Key application areas include:

  • Melting & Electrode Heating
  • Fore hearth Control
  • Glass Lehrs
  • Batch Monitoring & Reporting
  • Float Line Controls
  • Glass Level Ratio Controls
  • Power/Energy Control

Our experience covers the control and monitoring of float glass, blown container/product, glass fiber, plate glass, crystal and ribbon/tubing lines. Based on this experience we offer exceptionally cost-effective solutions involving the hot and cold end, including batch, furnace, distributor, fore hearth, mandrel, Lehr, annealing, bushings and utilities plant areas.


Power Generation
Key application areas include:

  • Boiler Leak Detection
  • Remote Data Recording
  • Turbine Monitoring
  • Drum Level
  • Steam Monitoring
  • Wind Direction & Speed
  • Waste Water Plants

We supply a wide spectrum of systems and products to make the business of power generation more efficient, easier, cleaner and more reliable. Control room and plant room equipment is simple and clear to use, with open communications to allow integration with other equipment. Such solutions often include high integrity alarms with report printing and data archiving, as well as facilities for remote operation over Ethernet links.


Water
Key application areas include:

  • Dosing Control
  • Penstock Control
  • Weir Level Control
  • Effluent, pH and Turbidity Monitoring
  • Level, Temperature and Pressure Monitoring

Exceptional reliability, excellent accuracy, and remote working capabilities are all readily available with Eurotherm solutions. They include the ability to integrate with PLC based systems, secure logging of control data, remote monitoring using Modems and radio links, and on-board logging to allow dial up archiving instead of being continuously on line.


Semiconductor fabrication
Key application areas include:

  • Diffusion Furnaces
  • MBE Machines
  • Crystal Growth
  • CVD
  • MBE
  • Environment Monitoring

Our systems offer outstanding accuracy when measuring process parameters, and offer high stability inputs for good long term control of the process and repeatability. Built-in ability to communicate process values remotely to management information systems also ensures higher levels of management control, resulting in better yields and product quality.


Metals
Key application areas include:

  • Furnaces & Soaking Pits
  • Galvanizing & Aluminizing
  • Sinter Strands
  • Blast Furnaces & Stoves
  • Coking Plants
  • Continuous Casting Lines
  • Coating Lines

Eurotherm control and monitoring solutions cover applications as diverse as gas burner control, coking plant, sinter strands, blast furnaces control, continuous casting, galvanizing and aluminizing, coatings and plant energy control. They offer increased process efficiencies, improved product quality, minimized emissions and improved levels of plant safety. Management information is maximized through open networking of control & data acquisition functions, allowing full integration with other systems

Single and multi-stack batch annealing - Application Note (68KB)
Soaking Pit - Application Note (98KB)
Continuous annealing and galvanizing lines - Application Note (182KB)
Steelmaking/BOS Plant - Application Note (182KB)

Hospitals & healthcare
Key application areas include:

  • Boiler Control
  • Sterilizer Control
  • Sterilizer Monitoring
  • Washing/Disinfector Monitoring
  • Quarterly and Annual Testing
  • Blood Storage Monitoring

Our control and monitoring solutions are used by all leading manufacturers of specialized equipment for hospital and healthcare use. They choose Eurotherm because of high reliabilities, high process accuracies, clear hands-free operator interfaces, verifiable data recording capabilities, site-wide process visibility and rugged construction.