Avatar Instruments SCR Power Controllers
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Avatar Instruments manufactures high performance proportional
controls for industrial electric heaters:
- 10 - 600
Amp
- 24 - 600
volt
- Single
or three phase
- UL 508 Listed. CE certification applied for.
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Instruments provides high quality, rugged, industry proven power controls
at competitive prices. Delivery from stock gives customers prompt turn
around time.
- Reliable
Oversized, isolated SCR's with MOV, DV/DT protection
and I2T Rectifier standard. No Phase Restrictions. No Transformers to wire up.
No field Calibration needed.
Touch safe isolated heat sinks
- Versatile
Phase Angle Control for IR Quartz, T-3, Silicon Carbide, open coil or fast
heaters. Soft Start, Voltage & Current Limit. Smooth
Proportional Control.
Zero Voltage Switched with Fast, Wide Ratio, Auto-variable Time
based Proportioning. No 3rd line hook up required.
On/Off Control for replacing mechanical & mercury contactors. SCR's can cycle
1,000,000,000 times or more. No HazMat problems, no arcs or mechanical wear.
- Compact
Space saving integrated thermal-mechanical designs.
- Custom & MultiZone
Configurations available.
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A1Z, A3Z and A6Z SCR Power
Controllers - "Touch Safe" heat sinks, Zero
voltage switching. |
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A1P SCR Power Controllers
- "Touch Safe" Grounded heat sinks, isolated SCR's, 10 to 600 Ampere current
ratings, Phase angle proportional control. |
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A3P SCR Power Controllers
"Touch Safe" Grounded heat sinks, isolated SCR's, 10 to 600 Ampere current
ratings, Phase angle proportional control. |
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D Series SCR Power
Controllers Manually controlled, Works on 120V
to 480V lines, 20 to 60 Ampere packages, 1 to 98% power output resolution,
100K Ohm potentiometer. |
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CZ SSR Power Controllers
- Low cost SSR Zero Voltage switched power controllers,
single or three phase fused power
controls used to replace mercury or mechanical
relays. |
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R1 SCR Power Controllers
- Low Cost ON-OFF contactors used to replace single pole mercury or
mechanical relays. |
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C1P SCR Power Controllers
Linear Phase Angle proportional control, ideal for open wire radiant or
fluid heaters, Industrial package TRIAC's, Up to 300% better than “light
dimmers” , Cost effective 20-60 Amp, 120V to 480V units |
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2CP-8CP SCR Power
Controllers Multi-Zone Phase Angle Fired or zero
voltage switched, 2 to 8 zone packages available, 10-100 Ampere Output up to
480 Volts |
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TSS SCR
Power Controllers - 2 wire, solid
state temperature control For use with low mass Alumel, nickel, Balco or
Tungsten elements |
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MAP, MTP, MAI and
MITP mA Output & Interface Potentiometer Control SCR & SSR Drives VDC to
mA Cards |
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Heater/Load Type
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Heater/Load Characteristics
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Control Type
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Typical Applications |
Model Numbers
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| Constant Resistance Elements.
Immersion heaters. |
Slow Response |
On/Off Zero Voltage
Switched |
Large tank heating and
mechanical relay replacement. |
A1Z,
A3Z,
A6Z,
R1 and
CZ |
| Medium wave infrared, ceramic,
cartridge, duct, strip, and band heaters. Platens. |
Faster response, Constant
resistance heaters only. |
Zero Voltage Switched |
Thermoforming, textiles,
industrial furnaces and ovens, extruders, kilns, chemical process heating,
fast water heat. |
A1Z,
A3Z,
CZ and
D1P |
| Open coil/wire heaters. Medium
wave IR quartz. IR panels. |
Fastest, most precise response. |
Phase Angle Fired |
Paper and pulp drying, packaging
machines, pharmaceutical processes, infrared ovens & dryers. |
A1P, C1P,
A3P,
D1P, 2CP
and 8CP |
Silicon Carbide
heaters. Graphite heaters. |
Load changes in
resistance with age. High temperature elements. |
Phase Angle
Fired with Current Limit Option |
High
temperature ovens and furnaces, glass, ceramics and high temperature alloys. |
A1P,
A3P, 2CP
and 8CP |
| Tungsten (T-3) lamps and heaters.
Short wave IR elements. Molybdenum heaters. |
High inrush currents
High hot: cold resistance ration
Tungsten 14:1, Molybdenum 20:1 |
Phase Angle Fired with Soft Start
option |
High speed paper and ink dryers,
high temperature IR heating, high temperature materials processing. |
A1P,
A3P and 8CP |
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