Troubleshooting guide

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Pro Series Furnace Operations Manual
DURING HEAT UP
START VAC 0C
Figure 18
13. USE VACUUM - YES is displayed. The display will
appear similar to the example. Turn the Select Knob
to YES to use vacuum in your program or NO if you
do not wish to use vacuum in this program. Press the
Next button to continue. If your selection in this step
was NO the display has returned to the ready select
menu screen and you are finished adding this program.
If your selection in this step was YES continue with the
next step.
14. START VAC 0C is displayed.The display will be
similar to the example. Turn the Select Knob
to select a temperature for the vacuum to start.
Press the Next button.
15. RELEASE VAC XXXC is now displayed. Turn the
Select Knob to select a temperature to release
the vacuum. Press the Next button. The program
has been saved and the display will now return to
the Ready Select Menu screen.
Note: If you wish to hold vacuum during the final
temperature hold, you must use the Special Firing
Cycle described on page 20.
Press Firing Cycle Program
(Pro Press 100 only)
The following procedures describe how to enter
a pressing program:
1. Press the Change Program button
2. Turn the Select Knob until ADD A PROGRAM
is displayed.
3. Press the Next button to add a program. ADD will
now be displayed. Turn the Select Knob to find the
number you want to add your new program into.
4. PORCELAIN TYPE will be displayed. Turn the Select
Knob to find the firing cycle for the Press program.
Press the Next button.
5. ENTER PROG NAME will be displayed on the top
line and the program number with the program
type selected previously will be on the second
line. Turn the Select Knob to change the
underlined characters.
6. ENTRY TEMP displays the current selected entry
temperature. This is the temperature you wish the
furnace to be when the porcelain enters the muffle.
It is now displayed in Centigrade or Fahrenheit.
Press the Next button.
7. HEAT RATE is displayed.
8. FINAL TEMP is displayed. This is the final tempera-
ture desired for this program. Press the Next button.
9. HOLD TIME is displayed. This is the amount of time
desired to hold the porcelain at the final temperature,
before the furnace begins to press. Press the
Next button.
(Re-Press is selected in the Calibrate Oven
section of this Manual, using password 310.)
10. PRESS TIME or RE-PRESS TIME is now displayed.
• PRESSTIME—TurntheSelect Knob to select the
amount of time required to press. This function allows
control of the initial amount of press time without a
re-press time. This gives you what you enter in the
program parameters.
Press the Next button to enter the program.
• RE-PRESSTIME—Turnthe Select Knob to select
the amount of time required to Re-Press. This setting
gives you automatic time of four minutes in addition
to the time you enter in the parameter settings. The
press rod stays extended during this period with no
pause between the automatic four minutes and the
additional time added in the program parameters.
Note: The press rod stays extended during and
between both the initial and re-press times.
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