Industrial-Duty,
Single Loop, General-Purpose Temperature Controller Instruments / PID Controllers

Our new generation Plus Series general-purpose, front to panel, PID controllers and temperature controller models incorporate many adaptable, easy-to-use control features, including user-selectable plug and play output cards, jumper-less configuration, auto-configuration hardware, PC configuration software and remote setpoint, that make them adaptable and well-featured for many general purpose industrial applications.

These process and temperature controller devices provide safety limit control over process temperature. Put simply, it is just an independent safety device to be used alongside an existing control loop. They are capable of accepting thermocouple, RTD, or process inputs with limits set for high or low termperature just like a regular limit or temperature controller. Limit control is latching and part of redundant control circuitry to positively shut a thermal system down in case of an over-limit condition. The latching limit output must then be reset by an operator as it will not reset by itself once the limit condition does not exist.

• MIC 1162 1/16 DIN Limit Device
• Series 1801+ 1/8 DIN Limit Controller
• Series 1161+ 1/16 DIN Limit Controller
• Series 1401+ 1/4 DIN Limit Controller
• 1000 Series Analog Controller / Limit Device

A special type of general-purpose temperature controller is the valve motor drive (VMD) controller. These valve motor drive temperature controller units are specifically designed to control valve motors used in manufacturing applications such as gas burner control on a production line. Special tuning algorithms give accurate control and fast output reaction without the need for slide ware feedback or excessive knowledge of three-term tuning algorithms for PID controllers. This type of controller is used to control the position of the valve, somewhere between 0% open to 100% open, depending on the energy needs of the process at any given time.

• Series 1167 1/16 DIN VMD Controller  (Discontinued - refer to West + Series Generation)
• Series 1407 1/4 DIN VMD Controller    (Discontinued - refer to West + Series Generation)
• Series 1807 1/8 DIN VMD Controller    (Discontinued - refer to West + Series Generation)

General-purpose temperature controller devices are used to control most typical processes in industry. They come in a range of DIN sizes, have multiple outputs, and programmable output functions. These temperature controllers can also perform the functions of PID controllers for excellent general control situations. Partlow PID controllers are traditionally placed in the front panel with the display and switched easily accessible to the operator. Most modern digital temperature controllers can automatically calculate PID parameters for optimum thermal system performance using their built in auto-tuning algorithms.

• Series 1800+ 1/8 DIN Temperature Controller
• Series 1160+ 1/16 DIN Temperature Controller
• Series 1400+ 1/4 DIN Temperature Controller
• MIC 2000 1/4 DIN PID Controllers
• MIC 3200 1/32 DIN PID Controllers
• MIC 8200 1/4 DIN Dual Display Controller

• Series 1820 Controller with RaPID™ Control (obsolete) see Series 1800+
• Series 1420 Controller with RaPID™ Control (obsolete) see Series 1400+
• MIC 1163 Limit Controller (obsolete) see Series 1161+