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What is two-wire control?
Two-wire control offers design engineers several thermal process operational benefits, that can improve the efficiency of your thermal process and reduce complexity in your application.
Achieving Temperature Uniformity in Gas Line Heating Systems for Semiconductor Manufacturing
Semiconductor tools with gas lines, forelines and exhaust lines require precise heating and thermal process control. Traditional systems are complex and cumbersome and often fail to offer sufficient t...
Use Smart Power Control to Improve Temperature Control
Power controllers are available in conventional or smart variants. Smart controllers are devices that enhance conventional capabilities and designs. These are made to resolve new challenges that may o...
How to Replace Sensors on Process Heaters
Thermocouples and RTDs can become damaged and incorrectly read the current and temperature of your heating products. If you have unusual temperature fluctuations or temperature differences between mul...
Five Signs That it is Time to Replace the Mercury Based Relays and Switches in Your Industrial Application
Mercury relays have been used in industrial applications for decades, most commonly for power switching. The latest alternatives are safer, more accurate and just as durable. Download the full paper.
"Greening" Industry Through Innovative Process and Environmental Technologies
Explore how innovative technologies are solving specific problems that have barred progress to cleaner products and processes.
Determining Temperature Class for Electric Process Heaters
Electric process heaters that interface with flammable materials in explosive environments need to be properly evaluated to protect the equipment against catastrophic failures. A temperature class req...
Trends: Regulatory compliance and evolving industry standards AMS2750H | CQI9 4th ed.
Temperature uniformity is a crucial requirement of both AMS2750G and CQI-9 Issue 4. Click to learn how we can help.
Operational Productivity and Technology Security - Industry 4.0
Heat treatment thermal loop solutions are integrated with Industry 4.0 frameworks and data management systems to provide real-time information on performance.
RMA PLUS™ - Recommendations When Using the Profile Engine
When using the profile engine to control your heating products and connect your entire system, it is important to follow these recommendations.
Retrofitting Your Electric Process Heater
Multiple methods are available to customers when replacing an electric process heater, whether it was produced by Watlow® or someone else. This article is meant to provide a general summary of the pro...
What are the Methods of Firing SCRs?
SCR power controllers are designed to deliver the energy needed to maintain a steady, stable temperature in a heater.With these devices, the firing method is an important decision to ensure your syste...