In the aerospace and automotive industries, temperature uniformity surveys (TUS) are crucial in confirming that your process is compliant with industry regulations and standards. Generating reports, however, can take hours and run the risk of “human error” if done manually.

To improve reporting times and eliminate man-made mistakes, Fluke Process Instruments has developed the Datapaq® Furnace TUS System to provide complete, traceable and easy-to-produce reports that prove your compliance and can help improve furnace performance.

Each system features dedicated hardware and software – designed to consistently gather accurate data, reduce reporting times and automate the report generation process – that can be used across batch furnaces, vacuum furnaces, integrated quench furnaces and other heat treatment equipment.

Optimize product quality, improve furnace performance, and validate your process

The high temperature heat treatment industry remains at the core of our daily lives, as temperature uniformity and hardening are vital to the performance, durability, and reliability of the end-products used throughout the automotive, aerospace and electronics manufacturing industries. Getting the exact temperature of the product and its environment is critical to the quality of the final product.

The Datapaq Furnace Tracker Profiling System is comprised of a collection of data loggers, thermal barriers, and application-specific software designed to help you optimize product quality, improve furnace performance, and validate your process for suppliers.

Meanwhile, the Endurance Series is a collection if high-temperature infrared pyrometers that aid in improving product quality and uniformity, reducing reject rates, maximizing throughput, and minimizing energy costs through continuous temperature monitoring and “set it and forget it” reliability.

In a foundry, molten metal is poured into a mold. Subsequent operations include removing either the mold material or the casting after the metal has solidified. Typical casting applications can include Sand Casting, Investment Casting, Die Casting and Billet (Ingot) Casting.

A sinter plant can process various materials into a finished product that has the desired chemical composition and grain size to be used in the blast furnace. Materials include iron ore fines, limestone, dolomite and waste dust, scale and slag particles. The mixture of materials are baked on a moving conveyor, ignited by burners from above with fumes extracted from below, which ensures complete baking from top to bottom. At the end of the line, the "sinter cake" is discharged onto a "crash deck" for crushing and cooling.