1) Turn on power switch. The annealer will heat up to 950 (or to whatever
temperature is programmed into set point) and remain there.
To change the temperature in set point, press the SEL key once. The
red light next to the SV will come on and the screen will show the
temperature currently in set point. Press the up/down arrows to change
to the temperature accordingly. This is now the temperature that the annealer
will hold.
2) At the end of your beadmaking session press and hold the SEL
key until you see PROG and then release the SEL key. Press
the SEL key once and you will see Off. Press the up arrow
once and you will see Run. Press the SEL key once.
The annealer will now run the following installed annealing program.
1) It will hold 950 for 2 hours.
2) It will begin a slow cool through the stress point (950-750) in 2 ½
hours.
3) It will hold at 750 for 30 minutes.
4) It will turn the power off to the heating coils and cool to room temperature.
3) After the annealer has reached room temperature, turn the power switch off and remove beads.
In the event that I am unreachable and you are having controller problems call the FUJI Technical Support # 1-800-235-8367. Make sure that you have this sheet available when you call. These are the correct values for the controller as it has been designed to run this kiln.
* One important note about your annealer: It is normal for some smoke to come from the heating chamber the first time you use it. The blanket is coated with a rigidizer and then is test fired to 1200 degrees for 2 hrs. in which time the rigidizer cures and hardens. Sometimes trace moisture from the rigidizer gets trapped in the folds which creates smoking the first time you fire the kiln.
1) Turn on power switch.
Action: The annealer will heat up to 950 (or to whatever temperature is
programmed into set point) and remain there.
To change the temperature in set point, press the SEL key once. The
red light next to the SV will come on and the screen will show the
temperature currently in set point. Press the up/down arrows to change
to the temperature accordingly. This is now the temperature that the annealer
will hold.
2) At the end of your beadmaking session press and hold the SEL key until you see roff and then release the SEL key. Press the up arrow once and you will see rrun.
Action: The annealer will now run the following installed annealing program.
1) It will hold 950 for 2 hours.
2) It will begin a slow cool through the stress point (950-750) in 2 ½
hours.
3) It will hold at 750 for 30 minutes.
4) It will turn the power off to the heating coils and cool to room temperature.
3) After the annealer has reached room temperature, turn the power switch off and remove beads.
To use your annealer follow these steps:
1) Turn power switch to ON position.
2) Press the SEL key once and the red light next to SV will come on. If the screen reads 950 then do nothing but, if the screen reads 000, press the Up Arrow until you have 950.
3) Wait a minute and you will see the temperature coming up to 950.
The annealer will now heat up to 950 and stay there indefinitely. When you are finished making beads for the day, run the installed annealing program by following these steps.
1) Press and hold the SEL key until you see rOFF and then immediately release the SEL key.
2) Press Up Arrow once and you will see rRUN. Do nothing else and the installed program will begin to run.
To start a new day of beadmaking after the annealer has cooled to room temperature:
1) Turn power switch off.
2) Remove beads from annealer.
3) Turn power switch on.
To check or change the installed annealing program follow these steps:
1) Press and hold the SEL key until you see P then release the SEL key. (If you see P-n1 you have held the SEL key to long and have gone past P. Do not push any keys, wait 30 seconds and the temperature screen will come back or turn the power switch off and then back on and repeat the beginning of step 2.
2) Press the down arrow until you come to Sv-1 (actual letters on screen will look somewhat different for instance Sv-1 will look like Su-1 with a slash mark over the u).
3) Press the SEL key once and the current value will be displayed (If you have just received your annealer the value in Sv-1 will be 950). To change the current value to the temperature that you want use the up/down arrows. When finished press the SEL key once and then down arrow to the next item which looks like 7n1r. Repeat step 4 until you have set all of the program values that you desire. The installed program is shown below.
The annealer is shipped with the following program.
Sv-1 - 950 (This is your first set value or the temp. that you want the kiln to go to.)
7n1r - 0.00 (This is your ramp rate to get to the first set value, 0.00 allows the kiln to go as fast as it can go. This value is in hours and minutes of ramp time.)
7n1S - 2.00 (This is the soak or hold time that the kiln will stay at set value 1.)
Sv-2 - 750 (This is the second set value that the kiln will go to. After soaking or holding at set value one (950) for 8 hours, the kiln will slowly cool through the stress point of the glass. The stress point is critical. Cooling too rapidly through the stress point (typically a 200 degree drop from the annealing temp.) will put stress back into the glass that had been removed in the annealing soak.
7n2r - 2.30 (This is the ramp rate that the glass will cool through the stress point. It is roughly 80 degrees per hour. Very large beads may need to be cooled slower. Example: 3.00 would slow the cooling to approximately 60 degrees per hour.
7n2S - 0.30 (This 30 minute soak stabilizes the temp. in the kiln before it shuts off and starts it’s decline to room temp.)
The following two segments are not being used in the installed program.
Sv-3 - 000 (Not currently being used)
7n3r - 0.00 (Not currently being used)
7n3S - 0.00 (Not currently being used)
Sv-4 - 000 (Not currently being used)
7n4r - 0.00 (Not currently being used)
7n4S - 0.00 (Not currently being used)
1) Cannot change programming. Controller not responding to up/down arrows.
If you find that you cannot make changes to the program because the up/down arrows are not changing the values, you have most likely accidentally locked yourself out of the computer programming. To unlock follow these steps: Hold down the SEL key until you see roFF and then release the SEL key. Press the SEL key once and you will see A7 0. Press the SEL key once and you will see LOC 0. This is the lock mode and it should be set at 0. If you see any # other than 0 use your up/down arrows to return it to 0. Your controller is now unlocked.
2) When I switch on the power to my annealer the temperature starts to rise before I even set the program to run. What is happening?
The Fuji controller is designed to run as both a set point controller and a programmable ramping controller. If the temperature is starting to rise when you first turn on the power it is because a value has been put in the set point of the controller. To check this press the SEL key once. A red light will come on next to SV. If there is a value other than 0 showing on the screen the controller will activate the heating coil of the annealer to reach that value. When the annealer has reached that value it will hold that value (temperature) until you 1) turn the annealer off or 2) run the installed program. Running the installed program overrides the fixed set point. If you do not want the annealer to heat up, unless you are running the program, then make sure that the value in SV is set at 0.
3) I think I changed part of the programming that I shouldn’t have and now the annealer is not working properly.
Below is a list of all of the values for the primary and secondary menus in the controller. Don’t let this throw you ! Just follow these steps and your controller will be back to it’s original settings.
*You may not find all of these parameters on your controller. I have tried to include the ones that I know exist. If you are missing one on your controller just move on to the next step.
Hold down SEL key until you see P-n1, let go of SEL key, press SEL key once, the value should be 0. Press SEL key once, you will see P-n1, press down arrow once, you will see P-dF, press SEL key once, the value should be 5.0. Press SEL key once, you will see P-dF, down arrow once, you will see FUZY, press SEL key once, the value should be OFF. Press SEL key once, you will see FUZY, down arrow once, you will see dSP1, press SEL key once, the value should be 14. Repeat these steps for dSP2 - 240, dSP3 - 97, dSP4 - 1, dSP5 - 0, dSP6 - 248 dSP7 - 123.
Now, hold the SEL key down until you see P, let go of SEL key, press SEL key once, the value should be 5.0. Press SEL key once, you will see P, down arrow once, you will see C (it will actually look like a C with a part of it missing but I cannot recreate this character on my keyboard), press SEL key once, the value should be 240. Press SEL key once, you will see C, down arrow once, you will see d, press SEL key once, the value should be 60.0. Press SEL key once, you will see d, down arrow once, you will see 7C, SEL key once, the value should be 2. Press SEL key once, you will see 7C, down arrow once, you will see HYS, SEL key once, the value should be 1. Press SEL key once, you will see HYS, down arrow once, you will see bAL, SEL key once, the value should be 0.0. Press SEL key once, you will see bAL, down arrow once, you will see Ar , SEL key once, the value should be 968. SEL key once, you will see Ar, down arrow once, you will see P-n2, SEL key once, the value should be 3. SEL key once, you will see P-n2, down arrow once, you will see P-SL, SEL key once, the value should be 0. SEL key once, you will see P-SL, down arrow once, you will see P-SU, SEL key once, the value should be 1200. SEL key once, you will see P-SU, down arrow once, you will see P-dP, SEL key once, the value should be 0. SEL key once, you will see P-dP, down arrow once, you will see PUOF, SEL key once, the value should be 0. SEL key once, you will see PUOF, down arrow once, you will see SUOF, SEL key once, the value should be 0. SEL key once, you will see SUOF, down arrow once, you will see P-F, SEL key once, the value should be F ( there is actually a degree sign before the F). SEL key once, you will see P-F, down arrow once, you will see S7A7, SEL key once, the value should be OFF.
You have now completed all steps of the Primary and Secondary menu and your annealed is ready to run. To run the installed program turn the power switch off and then back on, press the SEL key once (red light will come on next to SV) and make sure that the value is set at 0. This is the fixed set value and if there is any number other than 0 the kiln will be heating up to that number. Setting that number to 0 insures that the kiln will not begin to heat up until you run the installed program. To run the installed program hold the SEL key until you see roFF, press the up/down arrow key until you see rrUn. The program is now running!