Vita - Vacumat 100: Operating Manual
Vita - Vacumat 100: Operating Manual
Vita - Vacumat 100: Operating Manual
Operating Manual
VITA - Vacumat 100
Contents
1. Technical Specifications 2
2. Setting the Furnace Up for Use 2
3. Operating the Furnace 3
4. The Display Indicator Panels 4
5. Error messages 5
6. The Programs 6
7. Changing the Information Stored in a Program 7
8. Example for Pogram 4. 8
9. Firing Chart 9
10. Eliminating Program Faults 10
11. Changing the Muffle 11
12. Altering the Starting Temperature 11
12.1. Altering the Starting Temperature – Version lower than 8.0: 11
12.2. Altering the Starting Temperature – Version 8.0 onwards: 12
1. Technical Specifications
Supply Schedule:
Note: When positioning the furnace, a minimum of 25cm space should be allowed for between it and any
wall, either to the rear or sides.
1. Using the supplied main power lead, connect the furnace up to an electrical power supply that is
apppropriate for the model, i. e. either 240 Volts A.C., 50 / 60 Hz; 220 Volts A.C., 50 / 60 Hz; 110
Volts A.C., 50 / 60 Hz.
2. Connect the plug of the vacuum pump up to the round socket(13) at the rear of the furnace, and then
press the vacuum hose onto the nozzel (14) also at the rear of the furnace.
3. Press the power on/off switch (9) in. The green indicator light inside the switch will then come on,
and the firing tray lift (3) will descend to its lower position.
4. Place the supplied firing tray (2) onto the lift support plate.
5. Press key „A“ of the programing input keys (4), which will send the firing tray lift up into the firing
chamber. The temperature inside will then rise until it reaches the starting temperature and then
remain steady.
Once the starting temperature has been reached, the furnace is ready for firing using any program.
1. The firing tray lift will descend out of the firing chamber to its lower position. This applies even if the
program is interrupted during a firing sequence, although if vacuum is existing, the firing chamber will
first be fully flooded with air to equalize the atmospheres;
2. The acoustic signal will then sound to indicate the end of the program, and should be cancelled by
pressing key D.
Key A – The Starting Temperature Key is used first of all, before any other program, to prepare the
furnace for firing by raising the firnig tray lift, heating the firing chamber up to the starting temperature,
and then continue to hold it steady.
Key C – The Corrector Key can be usede to correct the end temperature setting or any the time setting if
they have been wrongly programed. Immediatenly after an incorrect number or numbers have been
pressed, key C should be pushed, which will cancel that particular setting so that the correct one can then
be newly programed.
Key D – The Acoustic Signal Cancel Key is used to cancel the acoustic signal at the end of a program.
d e f g h
e = the heating-up time indicator
VAC. bar
f = the end temperature firing timr indicator
g „VAC.“ = the vacuum firing time indikator
h „bar“ = the vacuum indicator
i = the time elapsed indicator
k „F“ = the fault localization indicator Symbol i k
1. The number of the program that is currently in operation (i.e. numbers 1 to 9);
2. The termination or end of a program (i.e. E for End)
3. That the furnace is in a standby condition with the starting temperature being held steady
(i.e. H for Hold).
Indicator d shows:
The pre-drying time that has been programed, in full minutes.
Indicator e shows:
The heating-up time that has been programed, in full minutes and tenths of a minute
(0.1 min. = 6 secounds).
Indicator f shows:
The end temperature firing time that has been programed, in full minutes and tenths of a minute
(0.1 min. = 6 secounds).
Indicator i shows:
The time that already elapsed within each sequence of a program, the sequence that is operating being
indicated by the zone functioning symbol ▲
Indicator k shows:
„FEHLER“ gives notice of certain malfunctions an misprogramings, and at the same time also localizes
them using the following code numbers:
5. Error messages
When a program is in operation, the symbol ▲ will again appear, but as the zone functioning symbol. In
this case it purely indicates which of the program sequence zones is currently in operation. It should no
be confused with the zone access symbol.
6. The Programs
NOTE: The pre-drying temperature is always the same as the starting temperature. If the starting
temperature has been changed from the orginal 600°C setting, the pre-drying temperature will
have been changed, and will correspond to whatever the new starting temperature is.
9 This speeds up the cooling of the firing champer back to the starting temperature. To beginn with, the firing tray
will remain in its lower postion, whilst the vacuum pump switches itself on, and remains on until the temperature
inside the firing champer has been lowered to 50°C below the starting temperature. The vacuum pump will then
turn itself off, and the firing tray will be raised up into the firing chamber, closing off the entrace and therby
ensuring that the starting temperture is held steady.
Once a program has been selected, all time setting, as well as the end temperature setting, that are
stored in that particular program, will be shown on the diseplay indicator panels. (When new, the VITA
Vacumat 100 is factory pre-programed with the temperature and time settings that are required for firing
VITA VMK 68 procelain). Each of these settings can be changed individally using the following
instructions:
By Pressing key F, the zone access symbol ▲ will first appear under the end temperture setting. This
then allows a new end temperature setting to be made using the numbered programing input keys. By re-
pressing key F, this new end tmperature (or the old unchanged one) is stored into the program, and the
zone access symbol ▲ automatically moves on, to position itself under the next time setting that is part of
the program that has selected. This time setting can then also be altered (or not) in exactly the same way
as the first one. If no other setting in the program is to be altered, providing key F has first been pressed
to store a changed setting, key E can then be pressed to immeditely cancel the zone access symbol ▲.
The basic rule is that a setting can always be changed if the zone access symbol ▲ is lit up under it.
The heating-up and endtemperature firing times are programed in full minutes, followed by tenths of a
minute. Therefore, if 17 is programed, it will result in the time setting of 1.7 min. (1minute and 42
secound).
The pre-drying an vacuum firing times, however, are only programed in full minutes. Therefore, if 17 is
programed, it will here result in the time setting of 17 minutes.
In order to then be able to start a program once it has been selected and altered, the zone access symbol
▲ should no longer be visible under any of the program setting. If necessary, therefore, key F should first
be pressed to store any new setting, followed by key E to immediatly cancel zone access symbol ▲. As
an alternative, key F can simply be pressed until the symbol no longer appears on either of the display
indicator panels.
Once a program has been started, the same symbol ▲ appears as the zone functioning symbol on the
lower display indicator panel, under the setting in the sequence zone that is currently in operation. This
should not be confused with the zone access symbol.
Note: The starting temperature has been factory pre-set at 600°C. If so desired, however, this
temperature can be altered, for which the furnace casing has first to be operend up. For precise
details on this (only be carried out by, or under the supervision of VITA autorized personnel).
Program 4 includes: Heating-up to a given end temperature in a given time period; continued firing at the
end temperature for a given time period; with a given period of the firing cycle in vacuum.
The furnace should first be switched on and them be heated up to the starting temperature. The firing tray
lift should then be completely retracted to its lowest position.
Press key 4.
Press key F to make the zone access symbol ▲ appear under the end temperature setting
Press key F to set the end temperature and move zone access symbol ▲ on to appear
under the heating-up time setting
Press key F to set heating-up time and move the zone access symbol ▲ on to appear
under the end temperature firing time setting
Press key F to set end temperature firing time and move zone access symbol ▲ on to
appear under vacuum firing time setting
Press key F to extinguish the zone access symbol ▲ from the display indicator panels
The programme will now commence and run automatially trough to completion using all the instructions
shown on the display indicator panels.
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9. Firing Chart
Note: Times are given in minutes or minutes and tenths of a minute (i.e.6:0). Where a full minute is
followed by a decimal point and then a nought (i.e. 6:0), this nought must be included in the
programing! Otherwise the result will be in tenths of a minute (i.e. 0:6 min.).
Programing examples: For pre-drying time and vacuum firing time 6 min., press key 6 only; for heating-up
time and temperature firing time 6:0 min., press key 6 followed immediately by key 0.
Program settings: 5, end temperature 1040 °C, pre-drying time 2 Min., heating-up time 6,0 Min.,
endtemperatre firing time 0,0 Min.
Program settings: 5, end temperature 1040 °C, pre-drying time 2 Min., heating-up time 6,0 Min.,
endtemperatre firing time 1,0 Min.
Preheat the restoration,complete with flux and beads solder, in a preheating furnace for 15 – 20 min. at
400°C.
Program no. 5
Method 2
Preheat the restoration, with flux but without solder, in apreheating furnace for 15 – 20 min. at 400°C.
Program no. 5
(only be carried out by, or under the supervision of VITA autorized personnel)
1. The first possobillity is that the fuses (11) at the rear of the furnace have blown, for which the remedy
is simply to replace the fuses.
2. The secound possibility cause is that the muffel is defective, for which the remedy is to replace the
muffel.
b) No vacuum is produced:
Check and clean the ring seal around the edge of the firing tray lift, and then also check and clean the
lower rim of the firing chamber where the lift seal meets it.
Note: This fault will be shown by code number 3 on the fault localization indicator (k).
Most other problems that might occur with the Vita Vacumat 100 can be corrected simply by replacing
one or more of side-in control modules. For advice and diagnosis of any problems, you should contact
your Vita dealer, or in case of difficulty:
Caution! Before opening the furnace for any reason, always isolate it from the electricity supply!
(only be carried out by, or under the supervision of VITA autorized personnel)
1. The furnace should first of all be isolated from its electrical power supply by removing its plug from
the socket.
2. The 4 screws on the sides of the anodized top cover of the furnace should next be unscrewed and
then removed together with their srew cups, and then the cover itself be lifted off.
3. The 6 screws in the top cover of the firing chamber should next be unscrewed, and then this also be
lifted out.
4. After removing the insulating disc and insulation slab, the wires from the thermocouple can then be
disconnected and the insulation stone complete with thermocouple be lifted out.
5. The wires from the defective quartz glass spiral muffle should now be disconnected, and then this
also be lifted out.
6. The new muffle can now be placed into position, and then the furnace be reassembled in reverse
order to that given above.
CAUTION! Do not forget to reconnect the earthed conductor wire to the anodized furnace top cover!!
(only be carried out by, or under the supervision of VITA autorized personnel)
NOTE: The pre-drying temperature is always the same as the starting temperture. Changing the starting
temperature therefore also changes the pre-drying tempera-ture.
The furnace should first of all be isolated from the power supply by removing its plug from the socket. The
6 screws securing the cover of the lower instrumentation section of the furnace should next beb
unscrewed and remove together with their screw cups, and then the cover itself be lifted off.
The plug of the slidein module nearest to the front control panel on the left-hand side of the furnace, the
CPU microprocessor module, should now be released by simultaneously pushing the upper lever on the
plug upwards and the lower level downwards. This operation also partly disengages the plug which
should them be pulled off completely.
The module´s red safety locking deviced can now CPU - microprocessor module
be pushed downwards, and the module itself be
pulled completely out. On the right-hand side of the
front of the module there is a switching unti with 8 ON
To alter the starting temperature, the switch that is already down should first be pushed upwards, and
then the switch for the required temperature be pushed downwards in the direction of the written
temperature numbers. All other switches except this one should now be in the upper position away from
the temperature numbers.
The furnace´s starting temperature will now correspond to that temperature which is written below the
switch that has been pushed downwards. If none of the switches are down, the starting temperature will
automatically be 200°C.
CAUTION! There should only be one of the eight switches pushed downwards at any one time, as
otherwise incorrect temperatures will result.
Having had the starting temperature satisfactorily altered, the CPU mocroprocessor module can now be
slid back into position, its plug be fixed back into place, with the upper lever pushed downwards again
and the lower level pushed upwards again, this securing the plug in position. The cover of the furnace‘s
lower section should then be replaced and secured in position with its screws.
Note: The two longer screws belong in the two holes at the rear of the upwards facing flat surface.
CAUTION! Do not forget to reconnect the earthed conductor wire to the anodized lower section cover!!
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1. firing chamber
2. firing traynsockel
3. firing tray lift
4. programming input keys
5. programming activate key „START“
6. programming activate key „STOP“
7. display indicator panels
8. manual control keys for firing tray lift
9. power on/off switch
10. heat resistant surface for placing
object when removed from firing tray
11. furnace fuses
12. socket for main power lead
13. socket for vacuum pump
14. nozzle for vacuum pump hose