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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mark D. Everly, St. Charles, MO (US);
Michael W. Ruhr, Hannibal, MO (US);
Louis P. Steinhauser, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mark L. Hoven, Winona, MN (US);
Richard T. Williams, Richmond, IL (US);
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling a heating system is provided that includes having at least one heater assembly, the heater assembly comprising a plurality of heater units, each heater unit defining at least one independently controlled heating zone, supplying power to each of the heater units through power conductors electrically connected to each of the independently controlled heating zones in each of the heater units, and modulating power supplied to each of the independently controlled heating zones. A voltage is selectively supplied to each of the independently controlled heating zones such that a reduced number of independently controlled heating zones receives the voltage at a time, or at least a subset of the independently controlled heating zones receive a reduced voltage at all times.