Furnaces North America 2024

Join Our Technical Session

Smart Heat Treatment: Industry 4.0 Innovations for Environmental and Energy Efficiency

Presenter – Peter Sherwin 

Tues Oct 15th 9:40 am -10:15 am Room 220 

This talk dives into sustainable heat treatment, blending Industry 4.0 and the thermal loop (electric
heaters, sensors, controls, and data management). It highlights recent innovations to boost energy
efficiency and sustainability in metal processing, marrying advanced thermal management with digital
progress.

Key Take a Ways:

• The Significance of Industry 4.0 in Heat Treatment: Understanding how digital transformation
  enhances sustainability and operational efficiency.
• Components of the Thermal Loop: Insight into how electric heaters, sensors, controls, and data
  management systems work together to optimize thermal processes.
• Benefits of Advanced Thermal Technologies: Examples of energy savings and improved
  process control through innovations by Watlow and Eurotherm.
• Real-World Applications: Case studies demonstrating the effective implementation and results
  of these technologies in metal processing.
• Strategies for Compliance and Sustainability: How integrating these technologies helps meet
  environmental regulations and achieve sustainability goals in manufacturing.

Reduce regulatory costs

Data captured in a high integrity format at the source offers a best practice approach for internal quality control with accurate records, and eases compliance to regulatory requirements.

Latest information on AMS2750H and Eurotherm products – see here

Key updates:

Batch Find –  quick retrieval of process cycle based on any batch field text

Automatic Reporting – automatic print to pdf at the end of the batch and the ability to schedule pre-configured reports

Data availability – no more data islands, use OPC-UA connectivity to link to other software systems

We look forward to demonstrating the above features and more at Furnaces North America 2024!

Key Offers:

  Data Reviewer software            nanodac Recorder/Controller

Save energy

Energy efficiency for metals and heat treatment furnaces.

With traditional analog power supplies, CapEx and OpEx costs are high, and workpiece yield and quality are uncertain. Installing advanced SCR based power supply solutions can offer significant cost savings and efficiency improvements, compared to legacy analog designs.

Key Offers:

SCR Power cabinet solutions

Advanced SCR Power Controller (50-630A, decentralized 800-4000A (MC))

Compact SCR power controllers (1-125A)

Improve material properties

Rework, rejects, and quality defects can take significant time and cost to resolve. Therefore, minimizing these issues is essential in the heat treatment process. Fast-acting, reliable, and repeatable precision control helps reduce quality challenges and associated costs.

Key updates:

EPC3000 – Now available with Factory Mutual (FM) approved temperature limit option.

Key Offers:

PID Controllers

PLC/PAC Process Automation and Machine Control