Less costs and application expenses: new BERU ignition and diagnosis system for oil burners
BERU supplies components and complete ignition systems to renowned manufacturers in the oil and gas burner industry. A new intelligent ignition and diagnosis unit is now in production.
(Ludwigsburg, 23 February 2007) BERU is an important partner of the oil and gas burner industry with its many years of technical know-how and competence in the heating ignition sector and in the development of complete ignition systems. Decisive advantage of the Ludwigsburg company: BERU offers innovative system solutions from one source: from the oil and gas ignition unit, the connector igniters and ignition transformers to individual ignition, double ignition and ionization electrodes.
Transfer of knowledge from the automotive sector
The latest BERU developments include the intelligent BERU ignition and diagnosis system for oil burners. This is a revolutionary design from BERU which is utilizing synergies from the company’s automotive sector. Instead of installing flame monitoring sensors, BERU developers use available components and the newly developed ignition unit only. This reduces installation space and production costs. In addition to its flame detection feature, the BERU system also permits controlled combustion. This relieves the load on the environment; users of the unit consume less oil and save on heating costs. Installation and adjustment expenses are also reduced.
High-tech in development and production
BERU ignition systems consist of electronic ignition units, ignition electrodes and ignition cables. The system components are produced on state-of-the-art production lines and are optimally matched to each other in terms of operational reliability, energy requirement, service life and electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC).
The BERU head office in Ludwigsburg has its own EMC bay for testing the EMC of burners and complete burning units. With the aid of state-of-the-art technology and based on decades of experience in the interference suppression of ignition systems any sources of interference can be quickly and effectively eliminated by testing individual components or whole systems. To satisfy the high technical and qualitative requirements of the BERU partners from the heating industry, the company also has state-of-the-art test benches for conducting endurance tests on ignition systems.
Based on the know-how from the automotive sector, development partners from the oil and gas burner industry also benefit from the insulators for ignition and ionization electrodes. BERU uses the technology of ceramic spraying to produce complex geometric shapes and to integrate them in an electrode block. This saves space, increases operational reliability and reduces installation costs. The success of BERU is also based on the innovative production technology of glass sealing. Originating in spark plug production, this method allows an extremely gastight connection to be made between the insulator and center electrode.
