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EUROTHERM CONTROLS

Autoclave System ControlAutoclave System Control

What do autoclaves do?•Accurate control of both temperature and pressure

•Requires sychronised programming of parameters

Who uses it?•Autoclave OEM’s•Aerospace manufs•Racing Car Teams•Research Organisations•Rubber products manuftrs•Boat & Marine builders

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EUROTHERM CONTROLS

26/27 Autoclave Controller26/27 Autoclave Controller

Controlled Variables•Temperature•Pressure•Vacuum

Applications•Vulcanisation•Composite curing •Sterilisation

Features•Synchronised Profiles•Vacuum guage support•Override control •Thermal head control•Application Blocks•Expansion I/O

Benefits•Accurate Stable Control•Optimum temperature rise•Totalisation of curing time•Digital I/O interlocking•Reduction of process time

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EUROTHERM CONTROLS

Autoclave Composite Cure ControlAutoclave Composite Cure Control

Program events

Setpoint Programmer

Run

Reset

Hold

Co

WorkpiecePID Loop

Increase

Delta TPID Loop

PressurePID Loop

Min OutputSelect

SP Trim

Decrease

Co

PSI

Main TC

Slave TC

Pressure

Heating

Cooling

DigitalOperations

Event outputs

SP

SP

Co

PSIInterlocks

OP

OP

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EUROTHERM CONTROLS

Rubber VulcanisationRubber Vulcanisation

Setpoint Programmer

Run

Reset

Hold

MainPID Loop

IncreasePressurePID Loop Decrease

Co

PSI

Control TC

Pressure

Heating

Cooling

DigitalOperations

Event outputs

SP

SP

Co

PSIInterlocks

Co

Cure TimeCalculation

Cure TC Cure TimeTotalisation

Curing complete