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The MELLEN ADAPTTM Temperature Control System and Data Logger offers unprecedented control stability and real time data acquisition capabilities.  The system utilizes a multi-tasking, high speed Intel- Pentium based personal computer and data acquisition hardware featuring 16-bit A/D resolution.

the system includes the following components:

  • One Windows® 98 based high speed personal computer properly equipped to handle multiple furnaces worth of inputs and outputs as well as graphing and data review.

◘ up to 128  channel capacity, with high resolution 16-Bit A/D
◘ Pre-configured for your initial application, (but easily reconfigured on site by your personnel)
◘ 64 channel high speed D/A output board (0-5VDC)
◘ 24 channels of low level TTL outputs for SSR relays
◘ All control hardware installed into PC by MELLEN
  • One MELLEN ADAPTTM-2002 software package installed on the PC with the following capabilities:
◘ Virtually unlimited Segment Programming with recipe storage
◘ Temperature Display with Deviation and High Process Alarms
◘ Simple On Screen Programming
◘ Designed for Windows® 95 or Windows® 98
◘ 16-bit A/D resolution
◘ Fully centralized multiple zone control that can be upgraded to support additional zones or monitoring channels.
◘ Per zone, per segment alarm programming with the action options of "hold segment" "shut down zone" and "shut down furnace"
◘ Automatic data recording to hard disk (HDD) at user set intervals
◘ Graphing utility, allows user to examine data directly from the ADAPTTM 2002 program
◘ Graphing utility allows for user selectable variable examination
◘ Graphing utility allows user to select and magnify any parts of the data
◘ On screen display and updates of power levels, process variable and setpoints, with intuitive color highlighting for "at a glance" condition updates for each zone
◘ Operation from user selectable modes of manual power control, setpoint control automatic recipe control or pause.
◘ Ability to monitor, record and graph ramp rate and the acceleration of ramp rate.
◘ Graphical PIV tuner to aid in fine tuning of process control for each zone.
◘ System is fully networkable, allowing users to access real-time data from the main control computer, right from their desks.  Users enter a remote version of the ADAPT system which allows near complete control of the furnaces they are operating.
◘User security and furnace ownership.  each user is able to "capture" an available furnace making it theirs until they release it.  (System Administrator can release furnaces if needed.)  This prevents accidental and deliberate tampering with other people's systems and runs.
◘ System  Administrator is able to select how much access each user has in a convenient configuration screen.
◘ The ADAPTTM system follows MicrosoftTM's programming conventions for creating open applications.  A programmer with only a small amount of experience in Visual Basic® can create custom interface's  for the ADAPT system in minutes.  It is even possible to  create interfaces in Excel®, Access® and Word®.  Any program that supports ActiveX® or OCX® will support the ADAPTTM System.
  • Anti-Virus Warranty

MELLEN certifies that the computer software and hardware supplied with the MELLEN ADAPT-2002 shall not contain any computer viruses or other malicious software.

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