Thanks everybody for your comments, this is based upon an old design & I have found some drawings which detail a 110/2.6V transformer the secondary is 350A, therefore the blade is rated at 910W. I am now using a Eurotherm system.
Not sure how to reply to dpc, first time on site therefore re issue ? with aditional info. if you could please also guide me on how to reply/keep thread running.
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Sorry if I didn't explain fully, the heat seal blade has a thermocouple connected to it, this is fed into a temperature trip...
Sorry if I didn't explain fully, the heat seal blade has a thermocouple connected to it, this is fed into a temperature trip unit, I also have a timer on the system to ensure the blade is only energised for a short period of time & am looking at current limiting. The fault condition is if these...
I have a requirement for a Nichrome heat seal blade which is used to heat seal & cut a polythene bag. The problem I hope somebody could assist me with is the maximum heating of the blade under fault conditions, what temp will it reach ? or will it 'pop' like a fuse ?
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