Fast Heat Showcases Pulse Hot Runner Controller and Diagnostics

Photo Credit: Fast Heat by Spark Industries

Amerimold 2021 exhibitor Fast Heat Inc. by Spark Industries will be demonstrating its Pulse hot runner temperature controller which protects heaters and thermocouples, prevents operator errors and enables users to specify production cycles. Pulse can be complemented with Fast Heat’s proprietary Mold and Cable Checker tools for diagnosing hot-half and cable issues.

A new human-machine interface (HMI) touchscreen for backward compatible updates is now available to existing Pulse controllers and advanced technology for new orders. Fast Heat says the display offers the following features:

Users can simply plug it in, turn it on, set/select recipe and run.
Bake-Out automatically bakes out moisture from heaters to prevent shorts.
The Evensoak feature automatically ramps up a user’s hot runner by group for even expansion.
Set points can be quickly adjusted by zone or group within a user’s hot-half. Copy/paste by group or column also saves time.
Auto or manual slave off other thermocouples.
Alarms can easily be seen, including temperature, amperage, percent power, thermocouple conditions and heater conditions.
Thermocouple designations are able to be reassigned if there is a miswire in the hot runner junction box.
Boost or Idle with one button.
Assign security levels.

Fast Heat’s Pulse technology is said to be extremely accurate, with a constant-tuning PID algorithm, 50 msec sampling rate and 8.33 msec power increments to prevent scrap and enable tight processing windows. Embedded software and industrial-grade components ensure long-lasting reliability, a simple color display promotes easy use and a VNC Viewer permits remote monitoring or creating/editing recipes.

Pulse also offers users ATP (Active Thermocouple Protection), which automatically protects thermocouples from short circuit current leakage while improving thermocouple signal accuracy. Waterfall Technology reduces peak KWh consumption. I/O, an optional feature on Pulse is said to be great for IMM and other integrations for At-Temp Signal, Inputs for Run, Stop, Boost, Idle and Outputs for all Alarms.