Heating – Processes of heating or heater operation – Subjecting work to diverse treatments or graduated temperatures
Patent
1983-02-25
1984-07-24
Camby, John J.
Heating
Processes of heating or heater operation
Subjecting work to diverse treatments or graduated temperatures
236 15BG, 432 24, 432 36, 432 43, F26D 700, F27B 126, F27B 940, F23N 100
Patent
active
044616163
ABSTRACT:
An efficient method for using a periodic kiln to heat ceramic material to a state of maturation, and the apparatus for carrying out the method, duplicate the action of pyrometric cones. In a microcomputer, data is stored describing the relationship between rates of temperature increase and deformation temperatures for several numbered pyrometric cones. The kiln operator selects the cone number for use in the firing operation and then activates both the apparatus and the kiln's heating elements. Using a thermocouple, the microcomputer periodically measures kiln temperature and calculates the average rate of temperature increase inside the kiln (the rate need not be controlled). The rate is then used, in conjunction with the stored data, to determine the temperature at which the ceramic material will have matured. If the present temperature in the kiln is greater than or equal to this maturation temperature, the microcomputer sounds an alarm or shuts off the heating elements.
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Camby John J.
The Edward Orton Jr., Ceramic Foundation
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