Bartlett Controller – KLB kiln Instructions
þ Plug in Controller to outlet and Kiln into controller.
þ Put pyrometer into small hole in kiln.
þ Turn kiln switch on to high.
þ Turn controller on.
Change the #s with the up and down arrows and after each change hit the left button to enter your changes.
If you don’t want to change anything just hit enter.
To turn on the kiln, you have to go through the whole program by just hitting enter.
US stand for User/Program which you can change with up or down arrows.
Delay here you could decide, if you wanted to start your kiln later, otherwise just hit enter.
Seg Refers to phase or segment. Many of our firing schedules are having 3 segments. You need to enter the number of segments in order to be able to turn the kiln on.
rA Ramping up or down is asking for the temperature per hour – which establishes how fast your kiln will heat up or cool down.
° F Target temperature
Hld holding time in minutes at the target temperature
Ready hit enter again and you kiln will turn on
You have 4 Users/Programs which can be dedicated to different firing schedules as follows
User 1 – full fuse – first fuse firing User 2 – full fuse – second fuse firing
User 3 – drape firing User 4 – tack fuse
|
User |
User 1- full fuse
First fuse firing |
User 2 – full fuse
Second fuse firing |
User 3 –
drape firing |
User 4 –
tack fuse |
Special Instructions |
|
Seg |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
= 3 firing segments |
|
rA 1 |
600 ° F |
300 ° F |
300 °F |
600 °F |
Speed – degree per hour |
|
° F 1 |
1,000 °F |
1,000 °F |
1,000 °F |
1,000 °F |
The glass need to be at 1000 |
|
Hld 1 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
minutes |
|
rA 2 |
2,000 °F |
2,000 °F |
2,000 °F |
2,000 °F |
This stands for as fast as possible |
|
° F 2 |
1,450 °F |
1.450°F |
1.210 °F |
1,350 °F |
Target temperature – observe |
|
Hld 2 |
10 |
10 |
5 to 10 |
10 |
minutes |
|
rA 3 |
2,000 °F |
2,000 °F |
2,000 °F |
2,000 °F |
Cooling down afap |
|
° F 3 |
960 °F |
960 °F |
960 °F |
960 °F |
Annealing temperature |
|
Hld 3 |
1.00 hr is usually save for most projects, however please refer to firing schedules |
|
ready |
Hit enter again and your kiln will turn on |
This is just a sample that might need adjustments to your needs and projects.
Please see firing schedules in “Introduction to Glass Fusing” and “Fuse It”.
©Petra Kaiser
