Applications / Where ATC Products are Used

Process Control
Timers are used extensively in almost every process control market segment. Heat treatment, mixing, valve sequencing, environmental test chambers. Chemical processing facilities have standardized on ATC timers for control.

Packaging Machinery
Typically, the packaging machinery industry has been one of the largest markets using ATC timers, counters, time delay relays, and photoelectronics. ATC products are used in control of this machinery which wraps, forms, dispenses, and protects all types of goods. Our 400 Series timers were designed with features important to this industry. The large knob and easy-to-read dial, tamper proof range and mode switches provide convenience and security for both the operators and builders of this type of machinery. One of the largest makers of shrink wrapping machinery is using three ATC Model 405 timers to control the size, speed, and stretch of clear plastic film for wrapping meat packages. The next time you're in the supermarket, take a look in the meat counter, a machine using ATC timers could have wrapped the small packages.

Plastics Manufacturing
ATC products have been established as real workhorses within the plastics industry starting with the very first plastic molding machines of the 40's and 50's. The ATC Model 2800, 305, and 355 timers were the workhorses for these machines which used multiple timers for control of injection, close, compress, and cool times. It was not uncommon to find as many as 16 timers on multistage machines for making plastic milk bottles or small containers. Today, ATC Model 365, 305, and 304 timers are used in thermoforming machinery for zone control of heat applied in the manufacture of fiberglass automotive parts. Modern automotive fenders and dashboards are made by this process.

Pump and Motor Control
Probably the single largest area for the application of timers is general control of pumps and motors. Motors are used in just about every industrial and commercial application. Motors are used in machine tool applications for making everything from small metal parts and fasteners to large steel beams for buildings and bridges. Pumps for water treatment and fasteners to large steel beams for buildings and bridges. Timers are used to prevent these motors from restarting at the same time, thereby preventing power line overloads after a power failure. This application is called sequential start for motor control. The ATC Model 328 timer continues to be the most popular industrial timer for this application. The multi-mode, broad range, and reliability has made the Model 328 an industry standard since the 70's by designers of motor control circuits...ATC now adds the Series 600 Timers to this offering.

Food Processing
Timers are used extensively in the food process industry for control of cook, tumble, and pressurization times in large food processing facilities. The ATC Model 365 and Model 409 timers provide unique operational features important to these processes.