Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ (EIZ) Furnace

About the Cascade e-Ion Zapper™

In addition to the basic Models (View PowerPoint Presentation), the EIZ includes thermal extenders like RRs and Thermoplates. Special pricing is provided with these time-tested MHI thermal products.

The Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ (EIZ) Furnace uses a scalable CleanElectricFlame™ technology platform to provide non-contact, continuous heating with accurate temperature control in a compact, versatile design. The Cascade e-Ion ZapperTM Furnace Category allows for processes to be completed while cable or wire moves through the furnace typically and in line with Plasma.

The Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ Furnaces can deliver the rapid heat rate needed for RTP, melting, brazing, and heat treating. The Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ is ideal for hardening applications with extremely small HAZ because it allows for a lower residence time than traditional heating methods such as induction. The Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ allows for rapid air processing and several other gases. Hardening is also caused by oxynitrides development.

Processes can be completed while wire or cable moves through the e-Ion Plasma™ environment. This type of heating provides the rapid high temperatures necessary to melt and heat treat. E-Ion devices feature higher heat-up rates compared to competitors. The Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace allows for easy manipulation of parts, all within 15kW of power. Compare the Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace to existing technologies, and you’ll quickly see how a Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace can reduce costs and improve efficiency.

Not sure if the Cascade e-Ion Plasma™ is suitable for your application? Contact MHI.

      

Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ (EIZ) Furnace Specifications

e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace
Up to 200°K/s Heat-up Rate Possibilities. EIZ extenders can enhance even this heating rate.
9-17kW Power Consumption (Depending on Configuration)
Highly Modular
Compact Table Top Sized
Highly Accurate Controls
No Water Cooling Required
Ability to Treat Ungrounded Metals
Stainless Steel Construction, Integrated Fan
No Toxic Emissions or Combustion Residues
220/230/240 Input Voltages
Single Phase or 3 Phase
Near Silent Operation
Plume Properties
Recombination Temperature ~2500°K
Convective Plasma (variable gas temperature is up to 1600°K)
Heat Transfer Coefficient ~225W/m^2.K.(Compare to 10W/m^2.K)
Example of Plasma Formation – N2+E ->N2++ e or
2N+E -> 2N+ +2e
Example of Plasma Recombination – 2N+ + 2e -> 2N + E or
2N -> N2 + EPossible species include O2, N2, O2+ , N2+ , N, O, N+, O+, e−in e-Ion Plasma of air

Possible species include N2,  N2+ , N+, e−  in the e-Ion Plasma of nitrogen.

Almost all commonly employed elemental or molecular gasses/species can be ionized, including Ar, Xe, H2O, etc.

Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ Photos

e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace
Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace with RR extension

e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace
Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace with a RR extension

Features

The e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace is designed for quick heat-up applications at very high temperatures, from simple heat treatment to complicated electronics and materials processing profiles. The e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace offers high temperature uniformity and an unmatched rapid heat-up rate of 2high-temperatureeating rate obtained from time to melt tests.)

Features
The cascade e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace features a highly uniform temperature zone appropriate for the custom modification.
Eurotherm process controller can run up to 20 programs with 16 segments per program.
Ethernet or RS 232/485 communications options are available to connect to the PC. New Dacs 2 with USB.
Power controller featuring double back-to-back phase angle fired SCRs, with current limit, adjustable soft start, and quick response to the control signal.
It is equipped with over-temperature control through an independent thermocouple to monitor overheating.
Up to eight thermocouples are used to monitor temperature at different locations.

The XPAN™ control panel rests inside a NEMA enclosure that meets NEC and NFPA requirements for safety and reliability.

*SDPM position (custom orders only) controller handles up to 10 programs with an unlimited number of steps, time delays, and repetitions. The programmer has a non-volatile memory of 32 KB for over 100,000 hours. The computer interface control system has complete DDE dynamic data exchange by SCADA/Windows software, which provides nine simultaneous communication ports.

Vacuum and atmosphere attachments are available. The Plasma creates a clean environment in the air.

Cascade e-Ion Plasma™ Applications

Zapper™ Systems provide non-contact, continuous heating with accurate temperature control in compact, versatile designs. The e-Ion Zapper™ system can provide normalizing, stress relieving, annealing, hardening, curing, surface melting, and coating for knife-edge, wire, and cable applications. Processes may be completed while wire or cable moves through the e-Ion Plasma™ environment. This type of heating provides the rapid high-temperature heating necessary for melting and heat treatment.

e-Ion Zapper Applications

Our unique e-Ion Plasma™ features novel technology that replaces existing processes while improving efficiency and productivity—Immerse in CleanElectricFlame™ for non-line-of-sight processing or BendHeat™ requirements.

Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace Models

Cascade e-Ion Zapper™ Furnace
EIZ for deposition and extremely rapid heating with RR 208/220/230/240 10-20
EIZ-C – Custom Brazing, Hardening, and Heat-treating Applications 208/220/230/240 9-30 kW

Cascade e-Ion systems allow continuous sintering (3Dsintering™) or hardfacing without hydrogen. All ionic gasses are of a reducing kind.

Plasma polymerization of many unique polymers and blends and their surface deposits remain unexplored with this new method.