Potterycrafts CERA-10+ Kiln Controller

The controller is the latest development in a long series of controllers, they incorporate new software giving improved efficiency and ease of programming together with up-to-date safety and diagnostic features.

CERA-10 has 10 programs each with 10 segments. Delay start and program pause. Each segment has a heating/cooling ramp, a target temperature, and a soak. This controller is ideal for firings where a range of programs are frequently used.

It can be used for any firing requiring close control over multiple heating and cooling ramps such as macro crystal glazes and for glass slumping and fusing.

CERA-10+has10 programs each with 16 segments. This is the ultimate controller offering every option that might be required. Use this controller where many different and complex programs are required regularly. Ideally suited to glass and pottery applications and many scientific, industrial, heat treatment applications.

Controller Terminology:

Delay start: A period of time to elapse before controller starts a firing, for example, in order to make use of off-peak power.

Heating/Cooling Ramp: The rate of heating up or cooling down, usually expressed in number of degrees per hour, e.g. 150°C per hour. A Kiln firing to 600°C at 150°C per hour would take 4 hours.

Set Point/Target temperature: The temperature at which the controller changes the ramp rate, starts to soak, or switches off. For example, a program might fire at 100°C per hour to the first set point of 600°C then fire at 250°C per hour to top temperature of 1120°C.

Soak or Dwell: The period of time that the kiln is held at a temperature in order to smooth out glazes or even out temperature in the kiln. Typically, 15 to 20 minutes. Segment One part of the program, usually consisting of a ramp, a target temperature, and a soak.

Event Relay: Output from a controller to operate an automatic damper, opening and closing it during the firing.