Stafford Instruments Ltd | manufacturer of temperature controllers | pyrometers | thermocouples

FEATURES

• Simple to use with large alphanumeric display
• Suitable for ceramics or glass
• 20 fully adjustable programs
• Up to 30 segments per program
• 1 ramp + dwell (soak) per segment
• Controlled ramps for heating & cooling
• Program pause feature
• Segment advance feature
• Temperatures from 0 to 1310°C
• Dwell times up to nearly 100 hours
• Ramp rates from 1 to 998°C/hour + full
• Delayed start facility - up to 4 days
• Program check facility
• Power failure recovery
• Energy used display
• Optional internal over-temperature trip
• Optional multi-function control relay (ST501A)
• Separate events for ramps & soaks (ST501A)

DESCRIPTION

General:
The ST501 is a program controller designed for pottery, ceramics & glass firing. Its large illuminated 32 character display makes it easy to set up & use. Setting up is performed using an on-screen menu system and during firing full status information is displayed.



Programs:
20 programs are provided. The programs are fully adjustable and each can contain from 1 to 30 ramp/dwell (soak) segments. Controlled heating & cooling ramps are possible.

For convenience the controller is provided with 10 pre-loaded programs. These programs cover the majority of common firing requirements and have been chosen to give safe repeatable results over a wide range of sizes, sections & material types. These programs can be altered or deleted as required.

The ST501A can be purchased with the following options: