MTS FGW900 User Manual

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FGW900 High-temperature Furnace

Product Manual

100-231-447 A

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MANUAL PART NUMBER PUBLICATION DATE

100-231-447 A May 2012

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual

Contents

Preface 5

Before You Begin 5

Conventions 6

Documentation Conventions 6

Technical Support 7

How to Get Technical Support 7 Before You Contact MTS Service Representative 7 If You Contact MTS by Phone 8 After you call 9

Introduction 10

About This Manual 10

Description 11

Furnace 12 Temperature controller 12

Bracket of high temperature furnace 12 Operating condition requirements 13 Technical parameters 13

Safety Information 14

Safety 14

Hazard Placard Placement 14

Installation 16

High temperature furnace body installation 17 High-Temperature Furnace Cable Connections 20

Operation 25

Operation of High Temperature Furnace 26

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual Contents

Operation of Temperature Controller 28

Routine Maintenance 34

Routine Maintenance Overview Checklist 34

Declaration of Conformity 36

Contents

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual

Before You Begin

Preface

Before You Begin

Safety first! Before you use your MTS product or system, read and understand the safety

information provided with your system. Improper installation, operation, or maintenance can result in hazardous conditions that can cause severe personal injury or death, or damage to your equipment and specimen. Again, read and understand the safety information provided with your system before you continue. It is very important that you remain aware of hazards that apply to your system.

Other MTS manuals In addition to this manual, you may receive additional manuals in paper or

electronic form. Manuals located on the product information CD will contain information that

pertains to your test system, such as:

• Hydraulic and/or mechanical accessory manuals

• Assembly drawings

• Parts lists

• Operation instructions

• Preventive maintenance tasks

Controller and application software manuals are typically included on the software CD distribution disc(s).

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual Preface

Conventions

DANGER

WARNING

CAUTION

Conventions

Documentation Conventions

The following paragraphs describe some of the conventions that are used in your MTS manuals.

Hazard conventions Hazard notices may be embedded in this manual. These notices contain safety

information that is specific to the activity to be performed. Hazard notices immediately precede the step or procedure that may lead to an associated hazard. Read all hazard notices carefully and follow all directions and recommendations. Three different levels of hazard notices may appear in your manuals. Following are examples of all three levels.

Danger notices indicate the presence of a hazard with a high level of risk which, if ignored, will result in death, severe personal injury, or substantial property damage.

Warning notices indicate the presence of a hazard with a medium level of risk which, if ignored, can result in death, severe personal injury, or substantial property damage.

Caution notices indicate the presence of a hazard with a low level of risk which, if ignored, could cause moderate or minor personal injury or equipment damage, or could endanger test integrity.

Notes Notes provide additional information about operating your system or highlight

easily overlooked items. For example:

Note Resources that are put back on the hardware lists show up at the end of

the list.

Special terms The first occurrence of special terms is shown in italics.

Illustrations Illustrations appear in this manual to clarify text. They are examples only and do

not necessarily represent your actual system configuration, test application, or software.

Electronic manual

conventions

This manual is available as an electronic document in the Portable Document File (PDF) format. It can be viewed on any computer that has Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.

Preface

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual

Technical Support

How to Get Technical Support

Start with your

manuals

Technical support

methods

The manuals supplied by MTS provide most of the information you need to use and maintain your equipment. If your equipment includes software, look for online help and README files that contain additional product inform ation.

If you cannot find answers to your technical questions from these sources, you can use the Internet, e-mail, telephone, or fax to contact MTS for assistance.

MTS provides a full range of support services after your system is installed. If you have any questions about a system or product, contact Technical Support in one of the following ways.

Outside the U.S. For technical support outside the United States, contact your local sales and

service office. For a list of worldwide sales and service locations and contact information, use the Global MTS link at the MTS web site:

www.mts.com > Global MTS > (choose your region in the right-hand column) > (choose the location closest to you)

Before You Contact MTS Service Representative

MTS can help you more efficiently if you have the following information available when you contact us for support.

Know your contact

number and system

number

The contact number contains your company number and identifies your equipment type (such as material testing or simulation). The number is typically written on a label on your equipment before the system leaves MTS. If you do not know your MTS contact number, contact your sales engineer.

When you have more than one MTS system, the system model number and series number identifies your system. You can find your these number in your order paperwork or directly on your equipment.

Identify the problem Describe the problem and know the answers to the following questions:

• How long and how often has the problem occurred?

• Can you reproduce the problem?

• Were any hardware or software changes made to the system before the

problem started?

• What are the equipment model numbers?

• What is the controller model (if applicable)?

• What is the system configuration?

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual Technical Support

If You Contact MTS by Phone

Know relevant

computer information

Know relevant

software information

For a computer problem, have the following information available:

• Manufacturer’s name and model number

• Operating software type and service patch information

• Amount of system memory

• Amount of free space on the hard drive where the application resides

• Current status of hard-drive fragmentation

• Connection status to a corporate network

For software application problems, have the following information available:

• The software application’s name, version number, build number, and (if

available) software patch number. This information can typically be found in the About selection in the Help menu.

• The names of other applications on your computer, such as:

– Anti-virus software – Screen savers – Keyboard enhancers – Print spoolers – Messaging applications

If You Contact MTS by Phone

A Call Center agent registers your call before connecting you with a technical support specialist. The agent asks you for your:

• Contact number

• Name

• Company name

• Company address

• Phone number where you can be reached

If your issue has a notification number, please provide that number. A new issue will be assigned a unique notification number.

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual Technical Support

After you call

Identify system type To enable the Call Center agent to connect you with the most qualified technical

support specialist available, identify your system as one of the following types:

• Electromechanical material test system

• Hydromechanical material test system

• Vehicle test system

• Vehicle component test system

• Aero test system

Be prepared to

troubleshoot

Write down relevant

information

After you call

Prepare to perform troubleshooting while on the phone:

• Call from a telephone close to the system so that you can implement

suggestions made over the phone.

• Have the original operating and application software media available.

• If you are not familiar with all aspects of the equipment operation, have an

experienced user nearby to assist you.

In case Technical Support must call you:

• Verify the notification number.

• Record the name of the person who helped you.

• Write down any specific instructions.

MTS logs and tracks all calls to ensure that you receive assistance for your problem or request. If you have questions about the status of your problem or have additional information to report, please contact Technical Support again and provide your original notification number.

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual Technical Support

About This Manual

Introduction

About This Manual

Purpose The FGW900 High Temperature Furnace provides a high-temperature testing

environment for material tests. These tests can include tension, compressing, or bending of ceramic, metal, and compound materials. This manual provides technical information about the high-temperature furnace in terms of its parts, working environment, technical parameters, temperature controller, installation, and operation.

Inappropriate Use Before you attempt to use the FGW900 MTS High Temperature Furnace, read

and understand this manual. Improper installation or operation of this product can result in hazardous conditions that can cause sever personal injury or death, and damage your equipment and specimen.

Contents Description 11

Operating condition requirements 13

Technical parameters 13

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual Introduction

Description

Mounting Brackets

Furnace Rod

Furnace

Typical installation of high temperature furnace

Description

The FGW900 High Temperature Furnace is primarily used with the MTS Series C45 Electronic Universal Testing Machine and the MTS Series C64 StaticHydraulic Universal Testing Machine. It provides the high temperature required for tension tests while providing a long-term, stable, high-temperature testing environment.

The MTS Series FGW900 High furnace let you test materials and components within a range of temperatures, from 300~ 1100°C (572 ~ 2097°F).

Heating is accomplished with electrical heating elements. A customer-specified temperature controller (Eurotherm2408) is mounted in the

electrical box. The high temperature furnace provides stable test temperature conditions for high

temperature tension tests. The high temperature furnace consists of a bracket, furnace body, temperature controller, rod.

Introduction

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual

Furnace

Controller

Furnace

Heating Element

Upper Control Signal

Middle Control Signal

Lower Control Signal

LowerThermocouple Signal

Middle Thermocouple Signal

Upper Thermocouple Signal

High temperature furnace control diagram

Temperature controller

Furnace

The high-temperature furnace opening provides quick sample and fixture installation. The furnace has ports used for connecting thermocouples and hightemperature extensometers.

The cavity of the furnace uses thermal insulation material of multicrystal mullite fiber, allowing operation at maximum temperature for extended periods of time.

The heating body is made of electro thermal alloy wire which provides fast temperature rise, low heat loss, and long service life.

The housing is made of stainless steel in a double layer structure, ensuring a lower surface temperature.

The high temperature furnace is monitored and controlled by the temperature controller. The temperature controller has three high-precision Eurotherm temperature control meters which control three heating zones. Each temperature control meter receives the input from a thermocouple and outputs power accordingly to its heating element. Solid-state relays are used to meet the requirements of high-precision temperature control.

Bracket of high temperature furnace

FGW900 High-temperature Furnace Product Manual Introduction

The bracket for the furnace has an adjustable rotary bracket that allows you toadjust the position of the furnace or easily remove it from the test space.

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