The use of a temperature controller enables industries to regulate the temperature in a furnace, reactor, oven, boiler or any other manufacturing process or industrial machine.
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Temperature is a decisive factor in any manufacturing process. Temperature control helps to improve industrial processes and the quality of finished products. It also helps to achieve significant cost savings. Temperature control is also important for safety reasons and to comply with current environmental standards .
This article highlights all the benefits that companies can enjoy by using temperature controllers.
In a wide range of industries, temperature control is essential to maintain product quality and reduce defects, as well as the associated costs.
Temperatures that are too high or too low can have an impact on the chemical composition of products, altering their textures or appearance. Regular monitoring and adjustments are necessary to ensure that production remains within the required temperature range.
For example, in the metalworking industry constantly juggles between very high and very low temperatures to produce a metal part of a particular shape with a certain strength. A temperature error can cause the material to react in unexpected ways, rendering it unusable because it no longer meets the required strength criteria.
In the automotive industry, carmakers have very strict standards for material quality and impact resistance. Temperature controllers guarantee the quality of automotive materials tested in test laboratories. They can be connected to a man-machine interface to record temperature and ensure traceability of finished products.
It's essential to keep production rejects to a minimum, as they represent a real loss of earnings for any company. Monitoring temperatures at all stages of production (raw materials storage, production and logistics) can prevent costly errors.
As temperature is one of the factors that can lead to errors in the production process, it is imperative to pay particular attention to it in order to ensure optimum quality of the finished product.
Whether in the chemical, incineration or paper and cardboard industries, temperature is a measurement not to be neglected.
When reactions occur at widely varying temperatures, this can lead to property damage and even dangerous situations. Indeed, the absence of proper temperature control has been linked to a number of catastrophic incidents.
In the chemical industry, for example, poor temperature management can set off a chain reaction offires, explosions and the spread of toxic gases.
These disasters affect the health and safety of employees and the surrounding population. The company's reputation is also affected by such events.
To avoid this type of incident, it is essential for all industries to constantly monitor and regulate the temperature of their installations.
To achieve this, companies can equip themselves with a temperature controller that will enable them to parameterize and control temperature in real time. Fuji Electric's new generation of PXF series PID controllers, thanks to their self-adjusting PID function, guarantee accurate temperature measurement in production processes and avoid risks to the safety of goods and people, in compliance withIEC 60546-1.
To avoid industrial accidents, companies need reliable, high-performance industrialtemperature control instruments.
Maintaining a constant temperature ensures that machines operate more efficiently and for longer.
Investing in a precise, high-performance industrial temperature controller like PUM's modular multi-loop controllers improves machine operation and performance.
These modular controllers can be connected to a man-machine interface to make the machine easier and more efficient to operate.
On bakery ovens, for example, temperature controllersimprove yield and optimize bread production by increasing the time the oven is operational.
Precise temperature control improves machine performance throughout the industrial environment.
By avoiding production scrap, cutting maintenance costs and reducing energy expenditure, temperature controllers help companies cut costs.
Most manufacturing processes are temperature-sensitive. In other words, the overall quality of the finished product is strongly influenced by temperature fluctuations during production.
To avoid costly errors, many companies invest in PID temperature controllers. The use of a PID temperature controller enables fully automated temperature maintenance. As a result, the likelihood of scrap due to a temperature error in the manufacturing process is slim. This avoids the need to buy back raw materials, modify production schedules, recall batches or interrupt production lines.
In an industrial manufacturing process, machines are put through their paces.
Too high or too low a temperature can damage industrial equipment. This wear and tear can accelerate and worsen if temperature variations are sudden and recurrent. Temperatures that are too high or too low can lead to faster wear and tear on equipment, and even to breakdowns.
By preventing wear and tear on industrial equipment due to severe thermal shocks, Fuji Electric temperature controllers also limit maintenance costs.
Companies are looking to cut costs and improve profitability. The use of durable, reliable temperature control equipment is an effective way of achieving this. This not only avoids high maintenance costs, but also extends the service life of production machinery.
When it comes to reducing energy costs, temperature control is a key issue.
In a factory, temperature has to be regulated at various levels: ambient temperature, process temperature and equipment temperature. In the absence of an automatic temperature controller , these are managed manually. This manual management results in irregular energy consumption, which has a direct impact on the company's energy bill.
Temperature controllers are used to control fans, pumps or control valves using variable speed drives that adjust their operation according to need, to avoid excessive energy consumption.
For oven heating systems, for example, the use of a thyristor power dimmer combined with a high-performance controller for heating resistor control can reduce your energy consumption on your machines.
An energy audit enables you to identify energy-saving opportunities and install control systems for the most energy-intensive applications.
The use of temperature controllers in its plants and machines saves money in the long term.
