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Phoenix Factor
To provide an accurate method to quantify cure PhoenixTM have developed its own mathematical index of cure calculation referred to as the Phoenix Factor. The Phoenix Factor gives the paint technician a perfect numerical tool to easily and accurately confirm that the cure process is working to the coating supplier specification. This guarantees quality of cure and eliminating rejects or need for rework and corresponding cost. Irrespective of the profile shape, as all profile data is utilised. It’s as simple checking for a correct consistent Phoenix Factor.
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The Fryer Frontier
An important innovative system in the PhoenixTM range is that designed specifically to handle the challenging monitoring demands of continuous deep fat fryers. The system travels safely through the oil bath, navigating drops and inclines and provide protection from oil impregnation, heat of the oil and allow accurate and repeatable measurement of the food core being cooked.
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Decoding the Heat Treat DNA
Thru-process product temperature profiling and surveying provides a versatile accurate and safe solution for monitoring ever more automated intelligent furnace lines. Providing the means to Understand, Control, Optimize and Certify your Heat Treat process.
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Cook Validation Perfected
PhoenixTM have developed a Thru-Process temperature monitoring technology specifically for this task, designed to meet the challenges of the food processing market. Ideal for the validation process for any new cook regime, new product or annual process certification. Whether performing an oven survey “oven mapping to identify cold spots” or validating the cook under production conditions, the Thru-Process profiling solution gives you the accuracy, efficiency, and reliability you need to satisfy your HACCP demands.
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Degree of Truth
To guarantee the accuracy of both temperature profile and Temperature Uniformity Survey (TUS) data it is important that the Field Test Instrument ‘data logger’ not only provides the desired calibration accuracy but is able to work accurately in a production environment. For thermocouple systems accurate cold junction compensation is critical to correct for changes in the opertaing temperature characteristics of the data logger during use. To maximize measurement accuracy data logger and thermocouple correction factors should be implemented. As discussed the use of linear interpolation method ensures that correction factors calculated over the entire measurement range are implemented providing full data accuracy.
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Knead to Know
To get the best out of your bread or bakery product significant understanding and control of the baking process / oven is essential to get form, shape, texture and colour you desire. As part of any Food processors HACCP program validation of the bake processes is a critical and significant task taking time, effort, and resources. PhoenixTM have developed a thru-process temperature monitoring technology specifically for this task.
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Painting by Numbers
Combining RF telemetry with the performance of the profiling system it is possible to monitor the complete paint process in one continuous run. This approach eliminates a lot of the intensive labour required for traditional manual profiling of each oven. System set-up installation and retrieval for each oven is tedious, time consuming, not forgetting the travel time from oven back to the QA office to download the profile data.
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Ageing Gracefully
To optimise the mechanical characteristics of aluminium extrusion it is important that the ageing heat treatment process is performed in a controlled fashion. Thru-process temperature profiling and temperature uniformity survey systems provide the means to understand, control and validate the heat treat operation. Combining these monitoring techniques helps maintain quality of the aluminium extrusion product and maximises the economic efficient operation of the heat treat oven.
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Beneath the Surface
Thru-process product temperature profiling is an accurate and efficient method to measure aluminium slab internal core temperatures in pusher furnaces prior to hot rolling operations. Non-homogeneous temperature conditions can be prevented that would potentially cause variation in downstream processing and compromised final product quality, ultimately leading to energy wastage, higher costs, and rejections.
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The Rock & Roll of Log Monitoring
Employing the ‘thru-process’ temperature monitoring solution from PhoenixTM major key casting plants have been able to measure the temperature profile of their aluminium log in all three stages of the homogenisation process. With such critical information it has been possible to minimise time in the soak zone to increase productivity and optimise fuel efficiency without compromising product quality.
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