6 Installing and commissioning ..................................................................................................................... 18
6.1 Safety ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
6.2 Installation ................................................................................................................................................. 19
6.2.1 Deploying the high-temperature furnace ......................................................................................... 19
6.2.2 Connecting the argon supply ........................................................................................................... 20
6.3 Connecting to mains ................................................................................................................................. 21
6.4 Commissioning ......................................................................................................................................... 21
6.4.1 Removing the transport lock ............................................................................................................ 21
6.4.2 Adjust furnace parameters ............................................................................................................... 22
7 Operation ....................................................................................................................................................... 23
7.1 Safety ........................................................................................................................................................ 23
7.2 Turning on the furnace .............................................................................................................................. 24
7.3 Sintering Crypton ...................................................................................................................................... 25
7.4 Exchanging the chamber door .................................................................................................................. 26
7.5 Detecting program type changes (door-changing requirement) ............................................................... 27
7.6 Sintering Cercon ....................................................................................................................................... 28
7.7 Programming ............................................................................................................................................ 29
7.8 Saving a heating program ......................................................................................................................... 31
7.9 Starting and stopping a heating program.................................................................................................. 32
7.10 Starting a heating program automatically ................................................................................................. 33
7.11 Turning off the furnace .............................................................................................................................. 34
8 Additional functions ..................................................................................................................................... 35
8.1 Speed sintering with Cercon materials ..................................................................................................... 35
8.2 Speed Sinterprogramme erstellen ............................................................................................................ 36
8.3 Sintering programs with optimized cooling phase .................................................................................... 37
9 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................................... 37
9.1 Safety ........................................................................................................................................................ 37
9.2 Troubleshooting messages ....................................................................................................................... 38
9.3 Table of troubleshooting messages .......................................................................................................... 39
9.4 System information used in troubleshooting ............................................................................................. 40
10 Maintenance .................................................................................................................................................. 41
10.1 Safety ........................................................................................................................................................ 41
10.2 Maintenance schedule .............................................................................................................................. 41
10.3 Maintenance ............................................................................................................................................. 41
10.3.1 Clean heating chamber and lifting plate .......................................................................................... 41
11 Dismantling and disposal ............................................................................................................................ 42
11.1 Safety ........................................................................................................................................................ 42
11.2 Dismantling ............................................................................................................................................... 42
11.3 Disposal .................................................................................................................................................... 42
12 EC Declaration of Conformity ..................................................................................................................... 43