10151 - Wicket Oven

Enhanced Features: • Microprocessor based temperature controller, with integrated  Automatic tuning, and PID (Proportional band, Integral time, Derivative time) • Maxon APX® burners • Honeywell flame safety, and burner, controls • Circuit breakers throughout for ease of troubleshooting, and reduced downtime • Built-in programming port, and PC power outlet • Allen-Bradley Contrologix® PLC processor and controls • PanelMate® HMI (Human Machine Interface) • System Interface with customers' existing SCADA system • Multi-point thermocouple process monitoring and control • FM, IRI, and NFPA compliant gas pipetrain • New York Blower plug fans for reliability, and ease of maintenance • Encoder feedback and variable speed on the oven supply fans to define and modify oven airflow characteristics • Dual, synchronized Allen-Bradley variable frequency (variable speed) conveyor motor drives • FECO's Youngg Bros. heavy duty litho chain • Automatic wicket chain lubrication • Bent wicket detection • Electronic wicket protection • Customer specified coating on all structural steel • Exclusively Aluminized sheet metal used throughout the oven

Wicket Oven This oven is an example of a 500° F, 3 zone, gas fired, WICKET DRYING OVEN.   Its' approximate overall dimensions are 60 feet long X 7 feet wide X 15 feet tall.  This unit dries 1,500 lbs of coated sheet product per hour.  Supplied to a well-known OEM parts supplier, this unit sold with: • Cooler module • Dual, variable speed, synchronized drives • Pneumatic take-up • Automatic chain lubrication • Variable speed, indexing, infeed conveyors with encoder feed back • Take-away conveyor with pop-up • Allen-Bradley Contrologix® model LOGIX5550 PLC processor • Controlnet® interface for customer's existing SCADA system for remote operation • PanelMate® touch screen HMI • PLC temperature, speed, and process control • Beacon • Alarm horn • Electronic wicket protection • Bent wicket detection Specifications: TEMPERATURE RANGE • 375°F (191°C) operating temperature, 500°F (260°C)  maximum temperature OVERALL SIZE (approximate - oven only) • 60' long  x 7' wide x 17' high HEAT SOURCE • Natural Gas HEATING CAPACITY • 3,000,000 total BTUH PRODUCTION RATE • 1,500 lbs. of sheet product/4.74 gallons of solvent per hour TOTAL NOMINALWORKSPACE • 399 cubic feet (3'- 6" x 57' x 2') AIR DISTRIBUTION TYPE • Convection - top down AIR CHANGES • 23+ per minute NUMBER OF ZONES • (3) three INSULATION CONSTRUCTION • 4 inch layered insulation construction, with 6 lb. per cubic foot high temperature mineral wool insulation