Lifetime Support for ACE™

With customer-provided high speed broadband internet access and a fixed IP address, remote access to the ACE™ Control System is available to the customer for anytime access from a desktop, laptop, or smart media device to check the status of the furnace. In addition to data recording, the ACE™ Control System monitors all PLC signals to provide alarms or alerts for safety interlock controls or for scheduled preventative maintenance alerts. The same internet access along with a licensed copy of Microsoft Outlook, enables the ACE™ Control System to also send remote alerts, alarms and notifications via TEXT or E-Mail. Also where electricity consumption is tightly regulated, the ACE™ “SMART” Energy Management System has the ability to limit furnace power consumption using either a static, recipe programmable maximum kW draw, or with customer-provided signal, a dynamic maximum kW draw based on power / demand values.

AVS at Termotech 2011 wrap-up

AVS, Inc. recently participatedin the TERMOTECH 2011 exhibition in Sao Paulo, Brazil.The event, hosted in the Sao Paulo Exposition Center,was focused on Tubing, Piping, Valves, Steel, Wire & Cable, as well as relevant Manufacturing Equipment. AVS exhibited as part of the Industrial Heating pavilion, along with other furnace manufacturers from the USA and China.

Being the only American manufacturer of Vacuum and Pressure Furnaces at the event, AVS received plenty of attention. A highlight of the exhibition was the 60 persons who signed up attend the AVS presentation on De-bind / Sinter / Hip furnace technology for hard metal manufacture. Overall, AVS generated numerous promising leads and contacts among attendees of this high profile Brazilian exhibition.

ACE™ Data Acquisition and Control System

Customer specifications drive the performance of every AVS furnace. The AVS ACE™ Data Acquisition and Control System allows easy, understandable recipe creation and management. Using Wonderware as the Graphic User Interface, each ACE™ Control System has a custom-configured graphic display, unique to each furnace, and is custom programmed to allow the customer complete recipe control of their most critical process parameters. Continuous data recording of all digital signals allows an AVS customer to chart and record the most important data together in custom combinations for meaningful review of key parameter correlations. Continuous data recording also enables quick access to the run history of the furnace for reference or even live side-by-side comparison of the current run to a benchmark run.