john marcus Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 i am looking for a design to be able to idle my blown burner. anybody have a successful design ?? infinite edge cutlery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPeacock Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 simple solution... What if you were to plumb in some globe valves...the 90° type with the lever to turn them on/off. if you made a small stop on this, you could easily turn it "off" which would cut fuel flow to whatever you had the stop set at. This could be the minimum flow for sustained burn. I have one of these valves on my set-up, but I use it only as an emergency shut-off. I use a small 1/4" valve from oxy/acetylene torches to dial back the fuel when needed. Have you ever thought about the life of steel? It's interesting to think that you can control the fate of a piece of metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Barton Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 John, You might try this arrangement on the pdf file attached. It came from another forum, and at least one forge controller has been built and is being used successfully from the design. It does require the purchase of a PID controller and some other hardware, but with careful shopping it shouldn't be too expensive. Parallel_Burner_Controller.pdf Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john marcus Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) John, You might try this arrangement on the pdf file attached. It came from another forum, and at least one forge controller has been built and is being used successfully from the design. It does require the purchase of a PID controller and some other hardware, but with careful shopping it shouldn't be too expensive. Parallel_Burner_Controller.pdf thanks looks like it would control the temp as well Edited August 17, 2009 by john marcus infinite edge cutlery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Barton Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 john marcus Posted Today, 03:23 PM thanks looks like it would control the temp as well The design was recommended primarily for temperature control, making it possible to idle a blown forge at whatever temperature you want within the limits of the blowers and burner used. It was reported that this controller set up would hold the forge to +/- 5 F of the desired set point, without the undesired flash(WHOOSH) of using forge temperature reignition. This could also be used to operate a gas powered heat treat forge with the addition of a muffle to minimize steel decarbeurization. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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