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New Heater Products

CAST-X SERIES 1000 Circulation Heater
One of Watlow's new circulation heaters, the CAST-X SERIES 1000 consists of a spiral-coiled tube set in an aluminum body with tubular heating elements. This construction offers many benefits over other circulation heaters because the aluminum mass maintains accurate and consistent temperature, allowing optimal temperature control. The aluminum body also efficiently conducts heat away from the tubular heating elements, which prolongs the heater's life. Applications for this product include solvent heating, analytical instrumentation, steam generation and paint heating.

VERSALINE 500 In-Line Heater
Another of Watlow's high technology circulation heaters, the VERSALINE 500 is ideal for situations where a high-watt density circulation heater is required but space is limited because all the necessary components, including a FIREROD^® heater, inlet/outlet lines, thermocouple and tubing, are presented in a compact package. The applications for this product include gas in-line heating and analytical fluid warming.

RAPID RESPONSE Electric Heat Exchanger
Watlow's RAPID RESPONSE is an innovative new circulation heater design. What makes it unique is the fast thermal response, low internal volume, the ability to operate under very high pressure and its small footprint. These features provide a compact design and precise temperature control for applications that demand it. Applications include fuel cell gas heating, semiconductor tool gas heating, semiconductor/aerospace/foodservice equipment on-demand water heating and refrigeration systems.

UNIVERSAL SOLVENT Circulation Heater
Watlow's new UNIVERSAL SOLVENT circulation heater provides a safe and efficient means of heating low flash-point solvents. Both the heating elements and the solvent tube are cast into the aluminum. The heating elements provide heat to the aluminum mass and the mass transfers this heat to the tube carrying the solvent. The applications for this heater include wafer cleaning equipment (wet benches), post etch wet strip and photoresist removal applications and heating of low flash-point solvents such as EKC, ACT and NMP.

Thick Film Heaters on Ceramic
Watlow's new thick film heaters on ceramic are ideal for the semiconductor processing industry because they ensure successful wafer processing, testing and packaging. These units offer superior thermal characteristics, small heater size, chemical compatibility and ultra pure materials. Applications for this heater include wafer pre-heat bake stations, photolithography track systems, annealing and IC test.

STRETCH-TO-LENGTH^TM Heaters
Watlow's new STRETCH-TO-LENGTH^TM gas line heater system was developed to provide an easy-to-assemble, low-cost solution to heating gas delivery lines in semiconductor processing applications. These applications include gas delivery lines - boron trichloride, chlorine trifluoride, dichlorosilane and tetra ethyl orthosilicate.

BABY-O Engine Preheater
Watlow's BABY-O Engine Preheater is constructed of 100 percent welded heavy gauge steel and was designed to withstand environmental extremes. Because of its design, the BABY-O is reliable and efficient, ensuring that it will not rupture or leak. Not only does this product boast a compact size so that it can be used in tight or small spaces, but the hermetically sealed joints prevent leaks associated with plastic tanks. This product can be custom designed for wattages, voltages, mounting schemes, power connections and tank design.

New Temperature Sensing Products

ENVIROSEAL^TM RTD Sensor
The new ENVIROSEAL^TM cold end seal keeps moisture, oil and other contaminants away from the RTD sensor, which assures accurate and dependable temperature measurement. Applications include refrigeration or condensation units, food processing and storage, medical research and packaging equipment.

Thermocouple Sensor Technologies
Watlow's MICROCOIL, RADIO FREQUENCY Thermocouple Probe (RF), Tapered Thermocouple Probe and TRUE SURFACE Thermocouple (TST) all incorporate isothermal physical principles to achieve superior surface temperature measurement. The isothermal design provides accurate sensing because the areas of the sensor that are exposed to normal process variances are positioned outside the thermal gradient. These four sensor technologies are now available as standard products that can be ordered with a variety of options.

INFOSENSE^TM Sensors
Watlow's new INFOSENSE^TM sensor technology instantly improves the accuracy of Watlow's existing thermocouple and RTD sensors by a minimum of 50 percent. Sensor characteristics are listed on small tags attached to each sensor. Users simply enter each value into a controller's memory through the controller's standard menu. Entering the codes immediately improves accuracy by at least 50 percent across the entire temperature range. INFOSENSE is available as a standard option on all catalog mineral insulated, general application and RTD sensors. It is also a standard option with Watlow's new SD controllers, and is available for a nominal fee on other Watlow sensors.

New Temperature Controller Products

New DIN-A-MITE^® Power Controllers
Watlow recently updated the DIN-A-MITE^® family of power controllers. The new line of controllers is versatile, compact and environmentally safe. This product is ideal in an application requiring control of electric heat. Key product upgrades include:

• A larger SCR component and redesigned heatsink to boost output current ratings to DIN-A-MITE Style A up to 25 amps, DIN-A-MITE Style B up to 40 amps single and 33 amps three-phase and DIN-A-MITE Style C up to 80 amps single- and three-phase fan cooled models.
• DIN-A-MITE Style C now includes "open heater/shorted SCR detector" option
• One piece cover for finger palm safe handling
• Integral ground lug for ease of wiring
• Mounting footprint is the same as the old DIN-A-MITE package

SERIES SD Controllers
The SERIES SD controllers offer accurate, cost effective and reliable temperature control. The SD family provides an improved user interface display, utilizes Watlow's patented User-Defined Menu System and is supported by WATVIEW software. The applicable markets include plastics processing, packaging, semiconductor processing and environmental chambers.

SERIES PD Controllers
Watlow's new SERIES PD controllers use embedded Ethernet technology to provide a convenient, economical means for setting up and viewing key process variables. The SERIES PD controllers provide high performance temperature and process control and are ideally suited for a broad range of applications where the I/O is supported from a remote location.

EM GATEWAY: An Ethernet/Internet Connectivity Solution
Watlow's EM GATEWAY serves as a bridge for Modbus^TM communication between Ethernet technology and Watlow's legacy standard controllers. The GATEWAY also provides a quick, convenient and economical means of adapting controllers to Ethernet connectivity.

MLS300 Controller with CIM
The new CIM option by Watlow Anafaze provides OEMs with a space and labor saving alternative to the standard AIM module. This innovation allows users to construct a wiring harness to attach sensors via a connector instead of running individual wires to the controller. The remote CIM option also allows for shorter sensor wires and flexible mounting which reduces installation time.

CDN GATEWAY
CDN GATEWAY links DeviceNet^TM systems to a variety of Watlow controllers via their EIA\485 Modbus^TM interface. The CDN GATEWAY allows a DeviceNet^TM Master node to send and receive data using standard POLL or EXPLICIT messaging. This product is available from stock for quick shipment and is backed by warranties.

PPC-2000 for Extrusion Control
Watlow's solution for extrusion control provides integration houses with multiple benefits for control system upgrades or complete system rebuilds. Features include allowing staff to select the language they are most comfortable with for system setup; reducing time and cost during set-up, trouble-shooting and control system fine-tuning as well as allowing integration houses to maintain control of future program changes.

TPS (Temperature Profiling Solutions)
This new service provides detailed temperature profiling information via a software tool that is used to create heater designs. The primary benefit of TPS is the reduction in prototyping. This minimizes the number of prototypes by creating a temperature profile for the design first. This allows the product team to be involved in a potential new application before actually building the heater. This again reduces lead time and increases operational efficiency.

Problem: While developing a new printing system design using a solvent, the customer was looking to improve and reduce the footprint of the heating system. Based on preliminary development using historical wattages, the customer believed they needed 300 watts. Other proposed solutions could not provide fast enough thermal response. The footprint of these solutions was large and would not allow them to be physically located close to the process. These factors contributed to the 300 watt requirement.

Solution: Watlow proposed a RAPID RESPONSE Electric Heat Exchanger, which consists of a significantly smaller package size. The smaller design allowed the RAPID RESPONSE to be located much closer to the customer's process, which significantly reduced the heat loss coverage required. The result was the wattage decreased from 300 watts to 100 watts.

Due to the unit's fast thermal response time, the customer's needs were met.

"Given that this honor is awarded based on comments and feedback provided by Fabs and equipment OEMs, we are pleased to see the MICRO has selected Thick Film Quartz Heater Modules as an "all star" among semiconductor equipment components. The fact that one of the equipment winners also has these heaters installed make it a double win for Watlow," explains Tom Lyons, product line manager.

Watlow's Thick Film Quartz Heater Modules are excellent solutions for customer's heating applications using aggressive chemicals and deionized (DI) water. This product provides maximum efficiency in differing flow conditions, fast response and compact size. The heating elements are applied directly onto the exterior surfaces of the quartz tubes, providing efficient transfer of heat energy and enabling rapid response to changes in flow and temperature. The heaters can be integrated directly into process tools.

If you would like more information, please contact the Thick Film Sales Team at 573-221-2816.

The heater will be evaluated for repair, and an estimate for cost and delivery will be prepared. In most cases, turnaround times are 15 days or less. The heater will be repaired to Watlow standards, complete with a standard Watlow warranty. The refurbished heater may have slight cosmetic differences that should not affect the fit or function of the heater.

Another great advantage to this program is the heater is not required to have been manufactured by Watlow. This includes all housing types (NEMA 1, 4, 7, 7/4, 9, 12). The heater must be non-code stamped and less than 135 inches immersed length.

If a third party approval is required, please contact the factory. If you are interested, please contact a Watlow Hannibal Product Specialist at 1-573-221-2816 for a return and repair authorization number.