Carburizing Controls Upgrade for United Gear & Assembly
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United Process Controls (UPC, www.group-upc.com) recently upgraded the system controls of two Surface Combustion batch IQ furnaces used by precision gear manufacturer United Gear & Assembly.
Located in Hudson, WI, United Gear & Assembly is an ISO/TS 16949 registered contract manufacturer of precision gears and shafts and is a strategic/core supplier to several global OEMs.
The modernized HMI platform based on Protherm 600 controllers from UPC offers a new level of speed, accuracy, and flexibility in creating and modifying carburizing recipes. Menu screens and programming are much more user-friendly when it comes to finding data and making changes, and new recipe entries are easier to create, thus reducing set-up time. Furnace I/Os and all process data coming back to the Protherm 600 are trended automatically, which helps pinpoint problems quickly and efficiently, saving operator hours and downtime. The enhanced controls also provide the United Gear plant with the option to integrate UPC instrumentation with SCADA at a future expansion. Furthermore, with quenching functions embedded into the Protherm 600, the system achieves effective utilization of the quench cycle and eliminates standby power consumption, conserving energy and reducing utility costs.
Future enhancements are planned for more furnaces, which will allow the company’s heat treat operations to achieve operational reliability and maintenance savings.
Resource: www.group-upc.com
