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Startup
tolerance
Basically, when you start a fusion, the crucibles will enter the instrument only
once the furnace has reached the calculated holding temperature (based on the
temperature of Step 1 and the selected offset value). Therefore, there may be a
delay when you press Start, to allow for the furnace to heat up or cool down to
the holding temperature.
be allowed to enter the furnace at the beginning of the fusion, only when the
furnace temperature T
However, in special cases to enhance productivity, one may want to allow a wider
temperature range. Examples of such situations include when a particular fusion
method starts with a low-temperature oxidation step and ends with a high-
temperature pouring step.
End beep
When a fusion cycle is completed, the instrument will emit a series of beep
sounds. By default, the fluxer will beep for 5 seconds, but this period can be
extended up to one hour in 10-minute increments.
Automatic
shut-off delay
When the instrument is idle for a certain period of time, the heating will be
automatically turned off, to save energy.
This delay can be changed by the user, depending on the context of use of the
instrument. Enter the global parameters screen, and slide the "Automatic shut-off
delay" slider to the value of your choice.
furnace
T
+
Offset
step1
Ideally, leaving both min and max to zero (0) will ensure the best possible
repeatability conditions.
The user can, however, set a range of permissible
temperatures, in which the crucibles are allowed to
slide in the furnace. This is called the startup
tolerance.
Using two sliders, you can configure the blue upper
and lower limits (relative to the red main offset)
between which you will permit the holders to enter
the furnace. You can set independently the upper
limit (called Max: [0 to +200]) and lower limit (called
Min: [-200 to 0]), and the platinumware holders will
is:
T
+
≤T
≤
+
Min
Offset
step1
furnace
(whereMin
≤ 0 ≤ Max)
+
Max
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