EUROTHERM® FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS
Heat TreatmentLEADING THE WAY
IN RELIABLE SOLUTIONS
Eurotherm - The Heat Treatment solutions provider
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Modular
Right solutionfor the application
Start small, grow big
Plant widesolution
Accurate control
Secure data
Nadcap and TS16949
3rd party integration
Profibus
Modbus
Ethernet
Connectivity atevery level
WHY EUROTHERM?Eurotherm has been providing engineered solutionsto the Heat Treatment and Metals industries for morethan 40 years. We have metallurgists and engineersdedicated to these markets, proving leading edgecontrol and visualisation solutions to multi-nationalclients. With a knowledge base of Heat Treatmentapplications second to none, over 3000 customersturn to Eurotherm to provide:
■ Cost reductions
■ Capacity increases
■ Productivity gains
■ Increased quality
■ Secure data management
■ Accredited services
With experience in stringent regulatory demands,Eurotherm specialised teams deliver scalablesolutions that can be applied to individual furnacesor an entire plant.
Confidence in Control Eurotherm understand the technical nature of the heattreatment processes and use this knowledge to bring wide-ranging benefits with their solutions.
Global installed base across all industry sectors
World-renowned control and performance
From simple discrete to applied automation solutions
Flexible yet secure, Heat Treatment specific process recipes
Guaranteed profile compliance with Heat Treatmentspecific control features
Process and Process Plant diagnostics
Energy control and efficiency solutions
Diligence in Data Management
Secure process data management, recording, reportingand batch management
Long term archiving and retrieval of data built into the design
Authorised and audited levels of access control
Proactive response to the continuing demands of changing regulation
Built in regulatory features for Nadcap and otherindustry standards
Confidence in measuring value foryour money
Eurotherm are committed to developing products andservices specifically for the Heat Treatment industry,continually minimising cost while maximising your productivity.
Consultation and projecting services to ensure you getexactly what you need
Reusable engineering
Solution upgrade paths
Commercial and technical alliance partnership forcustomers seeking control system consistency acrosstheir whole business
Complete life cycle support and range of life time services
System design and build
Installation
Commissioning and plant optimisation
Accredited calibration
Thermal Uniformity Surveys (TUS)
Spares management training
and technical support
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DeviceNet®
OPC
Life time services
Efficient electrical power control
Standard function blocks
DCS
Single loop control
Data recording
Process automation
Batch
Plant widevisualisation
Secure, remote viewing
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How does Eurotherm help to deliver quality?
Eurotherm provides engineered solutions for Heat Treatment applications right around the world and have been
working in the industry for more than 40 years. Many of our employees have a background in this market and we use
our knowledge to continually improve our customers’ processes. Application knowledge and customer feedback has
created designs and solutions that maximise efficiency, productivity and ultimately your return on investment.
Some of the benefits you receive from aEurotherm solution:
Secure recipes with profiles, designed to meet
metallurgical process requirements
World-renowned algorithms providing automatic
control stability
Special control optimisation techniques to allow
equipment to be used over the widest of temperature
ranges with highest variability of work piece loading
Cut back control features to ensure overshoot
elimination for step changes
Special ramp-dwell transition filtering to ensure
overshoot elimination on thermal profiles
Embedded atmosphere control algorithms
for surface chemistry processes and reducing
atmosphere applications
Specialist function blocks for many heat treatment
applications including
Vacuum furnaces
Sealed Quench and other atmosphere
controlled, batch and continuous furnaces
Specialist retort furnaces
Multi-loop applications
Creep test furnaces
Laboratory applications
Nitriding furnaces
Override control algorithm for simple thermal
head applications
Cascade control for deep-shallow temperature control
on retorts and complex furnace loadings
Improved performance delivers quality
Work-piece thermocouple control routines for mixed
and variable load sizes
Direct interface with industry standard sensors for
carbon potential, dew-point and oxygen control
and monitoring
Direct interface with vacuum sensors and other
non linear gauges with scientific notation and
logarithmic displays
Power or energy density control routines
Load sharing and load shedding techniques for
electrical installations
Energy monitoring
Remote and low cost supervisory control solutions
Heat Treatment specific displays with secure audited
access for Operators, Engineers, Laboratory Personnel
and Management
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How does Eurotherm help you show you are delivering quality?
With ever-changing regulatory requirements in much of the Heat Treatment market it is our
vision and direction to help customers meet the demands of their audited processes. Standards,
such as AMS2750D, define the operation of many Heat Treatment plants. Conformance to
regulations, along with proof of compliance is essential to Heat Treaters. The subject forms a
strategic part of Eurotherm business and is integrated into every part of our day-to-day work;
bringing benefits to our customers at every part of their process and business life cycle.
All Products are manufactured and tested to
ISO 9001:2000 and TickIT Guide Issue 5
Data management products, which meet industry
regulatory specifications
Secure Data storage
Tamperproof files
Networked and local file management
Secure and automatic routines
for file data transfer
Calibration accuracy and resolution to AMS2750D
Remote viewing facility
Batch data entry
Routines to support long term archiving and retrieval of
digital data including review software for encrypted files
Export of data to common applications for replay
in human readable format while still preserving core
proof data
Supply of calibration certified products and solutions to
National Standards and the requirements of Nadcap
On site calibration services to National Standards for
System Accuracy Tests
On site Thermal Uniformity Surveying of thermal
processing equipment
On-site service for improved furnace performance
and optimisation
Customer reports
Control System Security
Audit trail and individual password protection giving
defined level of secure control system access
Guaranteed recipe revision control
Client material test data embedded in
stored data reports
Selected recipe embedded in stored data file
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Modular, scalable Heat Treatment solutions - plant wide integration
DATA HISTORIANBRIDGE & REVIEW
BUSINESSSYSTEMS
OPERATIONSVIEWER
CLIENT ACCESS INFORMATION MANAGER QUALITY CONTROL MATERIAL TEST
MODULARFURNACE I/OCONTROL
GRAPHIC RECORDERS
3RD PARTYPRODUCTINTEGRATION
EYCON™VISUAL SUPERVISOR
DIN RAILMOUNTINGPROGRAMMABLEAUTOMATIONCONTROLLERS
DIN RAIL MOUNTINGDATA MANAGEMENT
DISCRETE FURNACECONTROLLERS
OPERATIONSSERVER
ETHERNET
CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS - ETHERNET
EPOWER™ CONTROLLER
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I / O C O M M U N I C A T I O N S - M O D B U S T C P / I P ( E T H E R N E T ) , M O D B U S R T U , P R O F I B U S , D E V I C E N E T
LABORATORY ANDMATERIAL TESTING
HEAT TREATMENT IN IRONAND STEEL PROCESS
L O C A L C L I E N T A C C E S S
B A T C H S C H E D U L I N G
R E C I P E M A N A G E M E N T
Q U A L I T Y S Y S T E M S
M A N U F A C T U R I N G S Y S T E M S
W O R K P L A N N I N G
B A T C H P L A N N I N G
F I S C A L M O N I T O R I N G
D A T A A R C H I V I N G
M A T E R I A L S T E S T I N G
PRODUCTION LINEHEAT TREATMENT
SPECIALIST HEAT TREATMENT PROCESS
Eurotherm has a range of products and services designed to
meet the audit regulations for heat treatment. Regulations
fall into two main categories and Eurotherm provide
solutions to meet both requirements.
Prescriptive quality systems such as the Aerospace
Industry standard Nadcap
Company quality manual processes such as the
Automotive Industry Standard QS9000 and TS16949
Nadcap
The defining regulations for the Aerospace industry are laid
out in the National Aerospace and Defence Contractors
Accreditation Programme (Nadcap). For Heat Treatment,
Nadcap has specific audit requirements covered in AS7102
and the audit criteria AC7102. Eurotherm are committed to
helping customers achieve the demands of this specification
and the associated Thermal processing specification AMS2750
Rev D.
Incorporation of Nadcap requirements into product
design for Control Instrumentation and Data
Management equipment to aid compliance
Incorporation of user routines into Control
Instrumentation and Data Management products to aid
systems accuracy test (SAT) compliance
World renowned control algorithms to aid accurate
performance against defined thermal profiles
Special routines to eliminate thermal overshoot and
achieve guaranteed thermal soak times
Soft-wired control solutions to accommodate workload
thermocouples monitoring
The provision of equipment and services to aid
temperature uniformity surveys (TUS) to nationally
accredited standards
Secure local and remote data recording at every level,
local and plant-wide
Routines for recipe revision control and recording of
selected recipe profile against actual furnace performance
Special routines and input types to support accurate
control of furnace vacuum and atmospheres
Audited regulations for Heat Treatment
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Electronic Records
Secure process values and setpoints (including audit trail
for alarms, events, operator actions, recorded logins,
operator notes and electronic signatures)
Protection of data through binary compressed and
check summed records
Batch entry details embedded in process data records
Accurate time stamps against automatic Time
Synchronised clock source
Secure data archiving with automatic file backup and
transfer to aid long term data archiving routines
Provision for electronically copying data for archive
Export facility allowing viewing of secure records in
human readable format
Remote channel access to record loaded recipe, setpoint
profiles, and furnace atmosphere
The Heat Treatment and Metals industries are subject to multiple standards, dependant on the final markets being
served. The ability to meet the standards and to prove compliance at audit is central to the success of a Heat
Treatment business.
Electronic Signatures
Control and Data Management equipment protected
by secure password routines
All actions can be configured to require password
entry or operator sign in
Audit trail and password features are available to log
actions and prevent unauthorised control system use
Support for electronic signatures
ISO9000 and ISO/TS16949
For many years the Automotive industry has worked in an
environment of continuous process improvement. The quality
standard ISO/TS16949 is used by the world’s major
Automotive companies.
Confidence in the performance of thermal processing
equipment, and sure knowledge of the security of process
records, leads suppliers to define clear procedures into their
quality manuals and improvement systems.
Eurotherm builds accuracy, performance and consistency into
their systems, to ensure that customers can have complete
confidence in their heat treatment equipment.
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Gas Carburising of Steel Dual Hearth Retort Diffusion Furnace
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Example applications
Strength through wide-rangingapplication experience
Hearth transfer and furnace sequence control
3 zone cascade temperature programming and gas mass flow control
Gas safety monitoring
Guaranteed work-stack soak dwell times
Atmosphere and temperature data management
Electrical power control
Energy monitoring and consumption control
Recipe control and recipe revision control
Accredited control systems
Surface hardening of steels by the chemical diffusion of carbon into the surfacelayer of a component requires the precise control of temperature, furnaceatmosphere and time. By varying the composition of the gas to include Carbonand or Nitrogen, various surface finishes can be achieved.
Precise loop control for temperature and carbon
Furnace sequence control
Case depth diffusion control or direct carbon potential control
Robust atmosphere probe
Secure recipe management
Setpoint profiling
Secure data management
Integral quench programmes
Endothermic gas generator controllers
Quench oil control and integral quench cycle control
Aluminised surface finish of turbine components.
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Vacuum sequence control
Temperature programming and control
Gauge switch over
Tracking over-temperature protection
Pump down timers and leakrate detection
Work piece thermocouplecontrol routines
Partial pressure control
Electrical heater control
Quench sequencing and control
Vacuum heater interlocks
Back-fill control
Programme time/temperature events
Direct interface with vacuum gauges
Guaranteed work piecetemperature profiling
Our range of application experience has enabled many customers to increase productivity and lower costs.
All of our solutions into the Heat Treatment industry are flexible and scalable to match your process requirements.
Three Gas IR
Atmosphere Probes & Gas Sequencing
Data Management
Endo Generator Control
Quench Sequence Control
Quench Recipes
Quench Oil Control
Furnace Sequencing
Product Transfer
Temperature Programming & Control
Furnace Diagnostics
Recipe Management
Carbon Potential & Diffusion Control
Power/Gas Control
Setpoint ProgrammingFurnace Atmosphere Control
Case Depth Diffusion Control
Materials testing in the Automotive and Aerospace Industry requires precise, long termfatigue and performance analysis of test samples. Eurotherm have automated this processto remove variation and manual intervention in the test set up and procedure.
Configurations for single or multiple sample thermocouples
Optional cascade control from work piece thermocouple
Digital communications for supervisory control and processdiagnostics
Specialist power and temperature algorithms to give precisetemperature uniformity across the work piece
High stability flat zone temperature control
Automatic sensor failure and load break abort routines
Integrated load and strain monitoring
Cascade control
Power failure recovery routines
Multi-zone thermal profiling
AMS2750D Scheduling TUS, SAT andCalibration
Specialist combustioncontrol Solutions
Standard applicationfunction block
Multi-fuel change over
Accurate fuel air ratio
Lead lag cross over control
Excess air feedback control
Energy Management Solutions
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Diffusion control allows theuser to accurately set theeffective desired carbondepth profile in thecomponent.
A typical case depth profileis shown in the diagramopposite.
Materials Testing - Multi-Zone Tensile Creep Test Furnace
Calculates TUS, SAT and Calibration due dates
All classes of furnace and instrument types
Calculates reduced periodic TUS frequency
Calculates max allowableSAT interval
Life monitoring for localthermocouples
Multiple profiles and programmes
Optional program synchronisation routines
Free format program size
Hold-back for ramps and dwells
Ramp/Dwell Transition overshoot inhibition
Guaranteed soak time
Power fail routines
Time/temperature events
Wait input or wait forload sensors
Fast run and skip segment
Call program routines
Embedded quench routines
Specialist atmosphere probes
Probe impedance monitoring
Calculations for oxygen, carbon potential & dewpoint
Reference air supply with failure alarms
Mass flow control blocks
Furnace pressure control
Reducing atmosphere control
Load management for electrical and gas fired furnaces
Specialist algorithms to control rising energy costs
Load shedding and load sharing solutions
Steady state control
Standard Control Solutions
Sealed Quench Furnaces with Atmosphere Control
Vacuum Furnaces
Pit Furnaces
Specialist Retort Furnaces
Gas Retort Annealing Furnaces
Creep Test Furnaces
Continuous Mesh Belt Furnaces
Bell or Top Hat Furnaces/Rotary Hearth Furnaces
Diffusion and Diffusion Bonding Furnaces
Nitriding Furnaces
Special Functions
Eurotherm have wide experience in building
application specific function blocks. Our soft-wired products
give complete flexibility to build and integrate customer
specific benefits into both simple and complex solutions.
Case Depth Diffusion Control
Carbon Potential
Combustion Control
Oxygen and Dewpoint Control
Vacuum Sequencing
Dissociate Ammonia Control
Eurotherm – Leading Products and Solutions for Heat Treatment
Load Management
Power Steady State Control Algorithms
Work Thermocouple Optimisation Routines
Report Generation
Automatic Tuning and Furnace Control
Optimisation Routines
Nitriding Potential Control
Return on Investment (ROI) is a critical financial measure in industry. Eurotherm has delivered cost savings to
customers along with improvements in plant capacity and productivity. Eurotherm solutions deliver a high ROI and a
financial advantage to our customers. Eurotherm have a wide range of solutions for Heat Treatment covering simple,
discrete applications through to complete shop floor and plant wide automation.
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Solution Attributes
Shop floor automation
Furnace mimics and screen navigation
Temperature programming and control
Atmosphere programming and control
Quench programming and control
Batch management
Furnace sequence control
Recipe control and recipe management
Programme management
Data management
Reporting
Power control and energy management
Furnace diagnostics
Time synchronisation
Mathematical functions
Scientific notation
Optional redundancy
Communication and Digital Access
Modbus master and slave devices
DeviceNet network
Profibus network master and slave devices
Range of Ethernet protocols
Support for USB components
Peer-to-peer architectures
Support for bar code readers and printers
Support for remote furnace diagnostics
Support for Email/SMS alarm and event notification
Automatic backup and retrieval routines
Client/Server architectures
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Discrete Solutions
Temperature controllers
Multi loop controllers
Process controllers
Programmers
Over-temperature protection devices
Alarm units
Paperless, graphic recorders
Paper chart recorders
Signal conditioning units
Systems Products
Distributed Process
Automation Control (PAC)
Eycon™ Visual Supervisors
Machine Controllers
Remote I/O
Operator Panels
DCS Operational Viewer
Information Manager
DCS Controller Range
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Eurotherm – Leading Products for Heat Treatment
Energy Solutions
Power Thyristors 1,2 & 3 Phase 15Amps – 4000 Amps
Resistive loads
Silicon carbide heaters
Complex Heater Materials:
MoSi2
Graphite
Molybdenum
Tungsten
Transformer coupled heater loads
Shortwave and medium-wave infrared heaters
True power control devices
Energy Monitoring products
Energy scheduling and load shedding solutionsSpecialist Probes
Carbon Potential, Oxygen and Dewpoint Applications
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Eurotherm Heat Treatment – Our Satisfied Customers...
Eurotherm Heat Treatment solutions deliver quantifiable benefits to plants world wide. With a global customer base
Eurotherm has been proud to serve leading Heat Treatment and Metals companies such as:
AIMT
Airbus
Alcan
Alcoa
Aubert & Duval
Bodycote
Chromalloy
Corus
Dassault Aviation
EADS
Finmeccanica
Federal-Mogul
Goodrich
GKN
Lisi Aerospace
Lockheed Martin
Lufthansa
Mettis Aerospace
Northrop Grumman
Novelis
Outokumpu
PCC Group
QinetiQ
Renault
Robert Bosch
Rolls Royce
Sandvik
SKF
Snecma
SSAB
Stork Fokker
Timet
Volkswagen
Eurotherm products and solutions are also the choice of many furnace OEMs. Our products can be found in many
leading brands, including:
AFC-Holcroft
AGA Linde
Aichelin
ATI Furnace
BMI
ECM
Cieffe Forni
Ipsen
Seco/Warwick
Solar Manufacturing
Stein Heurtey
Wellman Furnaces
AlgeriaAzerbaijanBahrainBangladeshBeninBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaBurkina FasoCameroonCanadaCzech RepublicEgyptGeorgiaGreeceGuinea-ConakryHungaryIndonesiaIranIraqIsraelIvory CoastJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKuwaitLatviaLithuania
MalaysiaMaliMexicoNew ZealandNigerNigeriaOmanPakistanPhilippinesPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussiaSaudi ArabiaSerbia and MontenegroSingaporeSlovak RepublicSloveniaSouth AfricaSri LankaThailandTogoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanUAEUkraineUzbekistan
Eurotherm: International sales and service
Represented by:
Understanding and providing local support is a key part of Eurotherm business. Complementing worldwide Eurotherm offices are awhole range of partners and a comprehensive technical support team, to ensure you get a service you will want to go back to.
Eurotherm is also represented in the followingcountries:
AUSTRALIA SydneyEurotherm Pty. Ltd.T (+61 2) 9838 0099F (+61 2) 9838 9288E [email protected]
AUSTRIA ViennaEurotherm GmbHT (+43 1) 7987601F (+43 1) 7987605E [email protected]
BELGIUM & LUXEMBOURG MohaEurotherm S.A/N.V.T (+32) 85 274080F (+32) 85 274081E [email protected]
BRAZIL Campinas-SPEurotherm Ltda.T (+5519) 3707 5333F (+5519) 3707 5345E [email protected]
DENMARK Copenhagen Eurotherm Danmark AST (+45 70) 234670F (+45 70) 234660E [email protected]
FINLAND AboEurotherm FinlandT (+358) 22506030F (+358) 22503201E [email protected]
FRANCE Lyon Eurotherm Automation SAT (+33 478) 664500F (+33 478) 352490E [email protected]
GERMANY LimburgEurotherm Deutschland GmbHT (+49 6431) 2980F (+49 6431) 298119E [email protected]
HONG KONG & CHINA Eurotherm Limited North PointT (+85 2) 28733826F (+85 2) 28700148E [email protected]
Guangzhou OfficeT (+86 20) 8755 5099F (+86 20) 8755 5831E [email protected]
Beijing OfficeT (+86 10) 6567 8506F (+86 10) 6567 8509E [email protected]
Shanghai OfficeT (+86 21) 6145 1188F (+86 21) 6145 1187E [email protected]
INDIA Chennai Eurotherm India LimitedT (+91 44) 24961129F (+91 44) 24961831E [email protected]
IRELAND DublinEurotherm Ireland LimitedT (+353 1) 4691800F (+353 1) 4691300E [email protected]
ITALY ComoEurotherm S.r.lT (+39 031) 975111F (+39 031) 977512E [email protected]
KOREA Seoul Eurotherm Korea LimitedT (+82 31) 2738507F (+82 31) 2738508E [email protected]
NETHERLANDS Alphen a/d RijnEurotherm B.V.T (+31 172) 411752F (+31 172) 417260E [email protected]
NORWAY Oslo Eurotherm A/ST (+47 67) 592170F (+47 67) 118301E [email protected]
POLAND KatowiceInvensys Eurotherm Sp z o.o.T (+48 32) 2185100F (+48 32) 2177171E [email protected]
SPAIN MadridEurotherm España SAT (+34 91) 6616001F (+34 91) 6619093E [email protected]
SWEDEN MalmoEurotherm ABT (+46 40) 384500F (+46 40) 384545E [email protected]
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UNITED KINGDOM WorthingEurotherm LimitedT (+44 1903) 268500F (+44 1903) 265982E [email protected]
U.S.A. Leesburg VAEurotherm Inc.T (+1 703) 443 0000F (+1 703) 669 1300E [email protected]
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