A Temperature Uniformity Survey (TUS) is a specialized evaluation of temperature uniformity in heating systems, furnaces, and, most importantly, heat treatment equipment.
Its purpose is to verify and validate thermal uniformity throughout the heating chamber, ensuring that consistent temperature distribution is directly reflected in the quality of the final product.
These tests must be performed using certified instruments with current calibration certificates, while considering the required number of thermocouples or measurement points in accordance with the applicable standards, such as CQI-9.
Temperature Uniformity Surveys (TUS) are generally recommended on a quarterly or semiannual basis, depending on the process requirements and the standards applicable to your operation.
Whenever preventive or corrective maintenance is performed on a furnace, it is highly recommended to conduct a TUS immediately afterward to verify that the equipment continues to meet the temperature uniformity requirements and product specifications.
Temperature Uniformity Surveys (TUS) are critical in industry because they are used to ensure that your thermal process is reliable, repeatable, and safe. They also help demonstrate compliance with applicable process standards, such as CQI-9.
To perform a Temperature Uniformity Survey (TUS) on an industrial furnace, a technical procedure is followed to verify that the work zone maintains uniform temperature conditions throughout the entire chamber. The following steps are typically recommended:
You have product quality problems
You are experiencing only limited temperature homogeneity in some zones
Your furnace has difficulty reaching the control set point temperature
Your equipment struggles to maintain the set point temperature
You need to guarantee temperature homogeneity in order to ensure the quality of your process and final product
Materials and instrumentation necessary for the surveys (thermocouples, data logger, etc).
Review of the physical state of your furnaces and combustion system components
Field survey of relevant variables within the furnace operation
Delivery of technical audit reports detailing the findings and resolutions
Of course, after conducting the survey, a report is delivered with the findings and recommendations to improve the temperature uniformity of your furnace.
We will review: Internal dimensiones of your furnace, knowledge of your process, operating temperatures, material and geometry of products to be processed and configuration of the product on the car or inside the furnace.
No, we can support all kinds of combustion equipment with our service, regardless of the brand.
We provide our services throughout the world, regardless of your geographical area.
It can help you improve product quality by ensuring temperature uniformity in your process.
We serve multiple industries through the design, building and installation of combustion systems, thermal insulation and highly specialized industrial furnaces, kilns and ovens. We are focused on understanding our customers’ needs and supplying the best equipment at the most competitive price.
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