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Dec. 2009

UPC Consolidates its Probe/Sensor Manufacturing Operations

In a move to streamline operations, United Process Controls (UPC) has consolidated its probe/sensor manufacturing and testing facilities in the USA. Operations at Furnace Control Corp. (FCC) in Milwaukee were relocated and integrated into UPC’s North American Automation Hub in Cincinnati, OH. FCC will continue to work, develop, and market their individual brand from this new locale, and take full advantage of the advanced capabilities of the Cincinnati ISO certified facility. This move will improve on the service quality and timeliness of FCC probe/sensor testing and repairs. The drop-off and pick-up point in Milwaukee however will be maintained. In addition to providing a fast turnaround, FCC probes/sensors are now manufactured, tested and certified under the specifications of ISO 9001:2009, 17025, TUV, and CE. This cohesive relationship has also led to an expanded team of technical service personnel cross-trained to handle all UPC sensor/probe lines.

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Nov. 2009

Waukee Engineering Opens Sales & Service Centers in China

Waukee, a leader in flow meters and controls and a member of United Process Controls, has recently made substantial investments to boost its presence in China. The investment is directly tied to United Process Controls’ strategic initiatives to build a diverse portfolio of heat treating and combustion solutions to this increasing growth area. The company’s Beijing center provides full service and repair of flow meters and control equipment, while both the Beijing and Shanghai offices offer field engineering services for on-site assistance and calibrations. These two locations will help to better serve customers throughout Southeast Asia by offering faster service turnaround and reducing overall maintenance costs.

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Nov 2009

UPC Appoints New Representative for California

US-based industrial process control and automation provider, United Process Controls (UPC), has named Exim Engineering Inc. based in Anaheim, CA as its newest representative. Exim Engineering Inc., which will represents UPC in California, joins ten other U.S. representatives in offering UPC products to the heat treating industry.

Exim Engineering, whose experience includes supplying commercial and captive heat treaters with insulation materials and other components for high temperature furnaces, is diversifying its business operations by offering value-added process control equipment and solutions. In addition to local access and support for California’s heat treaters, Exim Engineering will help its customers increase the efficiency of their furnaces, lower operational costs and reduce pollutants with better process controls, technology and know-how.

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July 2009

New Gas Analyzer Measures Both Endothermic and Exothermic Atmospheres

Furnace Control Corp, a member of United Process Controls, has released a new upgrade of the FurnaceDoctor®-CE, a portable infrared gas analyzer for heat treatments.

The new FurnaceDoctor®-CE features extended measurement ranges for both endothermic and exothermic furnace atmospheres. Users can switch between ranges on-the-fly with the confidence that the system performance will be unaffected. The unit maintains calibration data for both ranges. This development also means that customers require only one analyzer for all heat treating processes.

In addition to being an industry standard tool used in carburizing or hardening applications, this new capability allows the FurnaceDoctor®-CE to be used for verifying any process that uses “lean” or “rich” exothermic atmospheres such as bright annealing, brazing, or lamination annealing.

The FurnaceDoctor®-CE is available as a stand-alone analyzer or as a “system control analyzer”.

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Mar. 2009

Waukee Introduces Enhanced Firmware for its Valve-Tronic^TM and SAV^TM

Waukee Engineering has released a new firmware upgrade for its family of Valve-Tronic^TM flo-meters and SAV^TM control valves. The enhanced firmware provides users with improved functionality and control features such as three programmable alarm contacts, High- and Low-flow alarms, and Diagnostic Error Codes.

The firmware’s programmable logic operation makes it possible to implement alarm functions for even more points including Valve Open, Valve Closed, High Flow, Low Flow, Error, and Auto/Manual Mode. This offers customers the flexibility to create new alarm conditions or to modify set points with simple ‘do-it-yourself’ programming. Diagnostic Error Codes allow the user to correctly diagnose the root cause of valve failures and the recommended corrective action(s) to be taken. This time- and money-saving feature allows for faster debugging and rapid downtime recovery.

Valve-TronicTM and SAVTM are currently shipped with the new firmware, which is also available as an upgrade to customers of units purchased after 2002. Please contact Waukee Engineering at 414-462-8200 for pricing and compatibility.

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Sept. 2007

Four Companies join to form United Process Controls

UNITED PROCESS CONTROLS is a new alliance of four recognized companies within the heat treating industry (Furnace Controls, Marathon Monitors, Process-Electronic and Waukee Engineering) that share a common vision: first, to fill the needs of customers for industry-leading control solutions, and second to enable customers to get easy-to-access support through our worldwide sales and services network. www.group-upc.com

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