Watlow’s F4T with INTUITION® Combines the Flexibility of a Modular I/O Controller with Best-in-Class Ease of Use

Watlow F4T

Watlow F4T

The F4T with INTUITION® temperature process controller from Watlow® offers a wide range of field removable I/O modules for maximum design flexibility. Configurations can be custom tailored to meet the scaling needs of a tremendous range of equipment and applications while providing exactly the hardware types required for compatibility. The F4T controller also features a 4.3 inch, color, graphical touch panel. Combining power, flexibility, and functionality, this new controller offers unmatched versatility, and its best-in-class ease of use could very well make user manuals a thing of the past.

Features and Benefits

4.3-inch, color touch panel with high-resolution, graphical user-interface

Shortens learning curve and reduces operator errors
Allows channels, profiles, alarms, inputs, and outputs to be personalized with user-defined names

Temperature PID, data logger, trend chart, over/under-temperature limit, power switching, math, logic, timers, and counters combined into an integrated system

Lowers ownership costs
Eliminates the need for separate discrete components
Reduces complexity
Simplifies design, ordering, and installation
Saves money

Robust algorithms for temperature, cascade, altitude, humidity, and compressor

Improves process control
Offers one to four channels of control
Provides multiple PID sets
Enables TRU-TUNE®+ adaptive control algorithm
Offers 40 ramp and soak profiles with real-time clock and battery backup

COMPOSER® graphical configuration PC software

Speeds up and simplifies commissioning
Archives and documents controller setup
Connects with controller easily via Ethernet

Many communications options available including Ethernet Modbus® TCP and SCPI and EIA-232/485 Modbus® RTU

Offers two USB host ports and one device port
Simplifies file transfers
Connects easily

Modular design

Adapts quickly to evolving requirements
Offers numerous types of field pluggable modules for maximum flexibility and easiest compatibility
Features scalable and modular firmware functions
Delivers scalable input/output quantities from 1 to 36

Agency certifications include UL®, FM, CE, RoHS, W.E.E.E., NEMA 4X/IP65