Controllers, electric , Gas hardware
 

Abell Engineering Co Inc
P.O. Box 198 Kimberton PA 19442
610-827-9137
610-827-7156 FAX

www.abellcombustion.com

These guys design burner systems for those of you that can't. Largely they package existing technology from other companies but if you don't know how and you want to pass inspection, call em up.

Chromalox
www.mychromalox.com/products...ers/default.asp
Infinite range controllers and elements. Other hot things that give electric shocks also available.

Digitry
188 State Street suite 21
Portland ME 04101
207-774-0300
207-774-3291
www.digitry.com
info@digitry.com e- mail

Digitry offers controllers that will handles up to five furnaces at a time. Their users are fiercely loyal. I consider the units to be a bit pricey, around $1500.00 , especially considering how the prices have collapsed on single "ramp and Soak " units. I think they are worthwhile in a facility where equipment is totally stationary. If you move things around at all, the wiring gets sloppy. Also, if the unit goes out, everything in the shop goes down. But, like I said, people love them.


Dwyer Controls
219-879-8000
219-872-9057 fax
http://www.dwyer-inst.com
http://www.love-controls.com
info@dwyer-inst.com (e mail)

I love these people. They have a 16 ramp controller at 1/16th DIN for $180.00 The manual sucks on how to wire it but they work great! Some people have complained that they are hard to program but I don't have trouble and I am electronically challenged. The electrical connectors could be stronger.
Get their catalogue. They also have cheap monometers ( air pressure) and flow meters for Gas that are really useful if you like pinpoint accuracy- which you need to make color.
The downside is that they are really slow. It took two weeks for me to get a bottle of manometer fluid.

ISquaredR (I can't spell stuff like this)
12600 Clarence Center Rd
Akron New York 14001-0390
Jack Davis
716-542-5511
716-542-2100 FAX
www.isquaredrelement.com/index.asp

Silicon carbide elements, Molybdinum disilicide elements and all the stuff to stick them together.
They will design systems for you to build electric units and sell and service the equipment as well.

Johnstone
2501 Phoenix Ave. NE 87197
800-451-6874
505-884-0824 ( instate)
Infinite range controllers, Hi temperature wire for ovens,chromalox products. really oriented towards household appliances but they have some very useful stuff I can't find anywhere else.

Omega Corporation
P.O. Box 4047 Stamford Ct 06907-0047
1-800 826-6342
Controllers, thermocouples -all types thermocouple wire, chart recorders
Omega is kind of pricey but they are fast. I have never had trouble with them backing up what they sell. Tech support is adequate. If you need it tomorrow, call them.

Themocouples
 

.Rollin Karg says these Folks have fair prices for type K and S thermocouples:
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Precision Measurements
3715 Northcrest Rd
Suite 2
Atlanta GA 30340

1-770-457-7099

two more thermocouple suppliers
 

For R and S types
Grant Edgel
4233 NE 147th Ave
portland Ore 97220
ph 503-254-6524
fax503-254-6526
All custom work all the time with great turnaround. They also supply sub-diameter alumina tubes to give those t.c.s added protection in case of mechanical insult.

K-type
Aeschylus enterprises
9400 S.W. Tigard St
Tigard Ore 97223
ph 503-620-5800
Kenny Simpson makes 8 and 20 gauge K types so cheap they are disposable, he also winds elements from whatever you specify-cheap, and makes custom bell-type fusers from little-bitty up to the ones Narcissis Quigliata did the Vatican window job with.

I will kick in a plug here that Steve Stadelman will also get you Watlow equipment at very good prices since he is an OEM. He saved me a nice chunk on my power series SCR. :dog:

Digitry

188 state st. #21
Portland, Me 04101
207-774-0300

gotta love the GB4 unit- it will run 5 ovens, plus it has a 10-20 mili-amp output to run furnaces

Total Temperature Instrumentation
 

These folks have very reasonable prices like ramp/soak models starting at $159.00
and the service has got OMEGA beat by a mile

http://www.ttiglobal.com/default.htm

TTI, Inc.
8 Leroy Road
Williston, Vermont 05495
Phone 1-800-235-8367
Fax 1-802-863-1193
Web www.ttiglobal.com

Watlow controllers
 

I have used Watlow controllers for the past 12 years and have been extremely happy with their performance and ease of use.

Warren,

Any particular Watlow controller? I'm using Watlow controllers for my annealer and my new furnace - but only the cheapest one.

-Richard

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