The fiber heating box is a large styrofoam box with a hotplate inside designed to convectively heat fibers to the appropriate bending temperature of about 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
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The fiber heating box is a large styrofoam box with a hotplate inside designed to convectively heat fibers to the appropriate bending temperature of about 175 degrees Fahrenheit.
=Temperature Control Program =
=Temperature Control Program =
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In order to regulate temperature in the box there are five distributed thermistors, which report the air temperature to a LabView program. Instruction and program logic can be found on [[Temperature Control Program]]
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In order to regulate temperature in the box there are five distributed thermistors, which report the air temperature to a LabView program. Instructions and program logic can be found on [[Temperature Control Program]]