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SECTION 1 - CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION - A-CONTROL
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this section is to familiarize the user or
service personnel with the circuit level operation of the
VULCAN. This knowledge is necessary to aid in trou-
bleshooting of a unit's failure and may also allow the
user to gain greater insight into the VULCAN’s versatility
for particular applications. A detailed description is
given for the following circuit functions:
• Analog Meter Readout
• Front Panel Controls
• Muffle Control
• Power Supply
1.2 CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
1.2.1 ANALOG METER READOUT
The Type K thermocouple which extends from the back
of the muffle is directly connected to an analog meter
which provides the operator with the present muffle
temperature. The yellow lead of the thermocouple is
connected to the + input of the meter.
1.2.2 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
The power on/off switch provides AC line voltage to the
furnace if the door switch is closed, while the setpoint
potentiometer (10K) provides the electronics with a
reference voltage which determines the final muffle
temperature.
1.2.3 MUFFLE CONTROL
The muffle is controlled by means of a triac. This muffle
triac may be activated anytime when the AC cycle goes
through zero, and once activated it will only be opened
again when the AC sine wave passes through 0
volts.The triac is controlled by a Zero Voltage Switch
(integrated circuit U2) and is configured as a
proportional controller.Trigger pulses are generated
when the comparator detects Vpin3 is above the Vref.
The sensed temperature from the amplified
thermocouple signal is then lower than the set value of
RP2. As Vpin3 is near in value of Vref, a proportional
control takes over, i. e. power is delivered by bursts to
the load.
To slow down the heatup time of the muffle (RP2 set
clockwise and muffle is at low temperature) a rate
control potentiometer (RP3) has been added to the
circuitry. A sawtooth signal from pin2 of U2 is compared
with a fixed reference voltage which can be set by RP3.
As the sawtooth voltage exceeds the value of the fixed
reference voltage, amplifier U3 produces a negative
output which in turn increases the thermocouple signal
output from U1 and Vpin3 of U2 and is now more
negative than Vref, thus the triac output pulses stop.
1.2.4 POWER SUPPLY
The rectified supply current (D2) is zener regulated to
8.6V and biased by dropping resistors R11, R12.
The positive voltage to U1 and U2 is provided by a 6.8V
zener diode D1.
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