Mammoth carbottom furnace programmed to automatically meet work specifications efficiently

Journal Article · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Ind. Heat. (Pittsburgh); (United States)

OSTI ID:6661815

Wisconsin Steel Treating and Blasting Co., Milwaukee, Wis., has a large 52 ft x 18 ft x 16 ft carbottom furnace used for stress relieving, normalizing and annealing of castings, forgings, and fabrications ranging from 25 lb to over 200,000 lb each. The 4-zone furnace, which has both nuclear and ASME Boiler Code certification, can develop a 44-million Btu input from 24 boilers to generate a temperature up to 1900/sup 0/F under positive pressure. A sophisticated and comprehensive automatic control system located on a panel adjacent to the carbottom furnace, is built around a microprocessor-based process programmer (LandN 1300) which uses programmable logic in directing the operation of the furnace.

• OSTI ID: 6661815
• Journal Information: Ind. Heat. (Pittsburgh); (United States), Vol. 49:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
FURNACES
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
METAL INDUSTRY
ANNEALING
HEAT TREATMENTS
MICROPROCESSORS
PERFORMANCE
STRESS RELAXATION
COMPUTERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
INDUSTRY
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
RELAXATION
421000* - Engineering- Combustion Systems
360101 - Metals & Alloys- Preparation & Fabrication