Program Tutorial

This is the Charge Calculation screen, the main screen of the program.

You access all of the program functions from here. Some data has
already been entered. The first thing you need to do is enter the element symbols you consider.

You do this by clicking on Data, in the menu bar at the top of the screen of the screen, and then on Setup.

This screen will appear and you need to enter the password which is MWK.

Then click on Continue

This is the program setup screen. This is where you enter the elements you use. There are
other entries you may make. There is a explanation for every entry. Just move your cursor to
the entry to see the explanation. We will skip the other entries for now.

You can also click on Help / User Manual on the main screen to access the User Manual

When you are finished click on Update Information in the lower left hand corner

We are back at the Charge Calculation screen.

The information on this screen is data from the spectrometer integration. The Comments
are information from the spectrometer about the last sample chemistry. The weight of the
metal in the furnace has been entered and the calculation mode is Final Additions Calculations.
All the user needs to do is click on continue and a Final Additions calculation will be made.

Now you want to click on Data / Melt Stocks in the menu bar.

This will take you to the screen where you enter the information for some melt stocks.

Melt Stocks are all of the materials you put in your furnace.

This is the Melt Stock Access screen and you can see some melt stocks have already been entered.

To enter a new melt stock click on Add A Melt Stock at the lower left of the screen.

This is Melt Stock or Furnace Charge Maintenance screen where you enter and modify melt
stock information.

As you can see the information for a melt stock has already been entered.

To create a new melt stock entry just enter a name and a cost for the melt stock. Then enter
the chemistry for the melt stock.

The value for the last element, Ni in this case, will be calculated for you.

Leave the amount on hand at NoLimit and ignore the recovery percents and other entries for now.

The entry for Ni will be calculated when you click on Update Information.

When you are finished click on Return which takes you to the Melt Stock Access Screen. You may
continue entering melt stock information or you can return to the Charge Calculation Screen.

Continue to click on Data / Melt Stocks to enter the information about your melt stocks.

You should enter the information on all of the melt stocks you used for a recent charge.

When you have entered your melt stock information you will be able to calculate a least cost
charge and compare it with the recipe you used.

When you are finished entering melt stock information click on Data / Furnace Ranges on
the Main Screen to enter the information for a Furnace Range, the specifications for the
alloy you are making.

This is the Furnace Range access screen. Click on Add A Furnace Range at the bottom of the
screen to add a Furnace Range.

This screen is where you enter information for a new furnace range / grade.

All you need to do is give the furnace range / grade a name and enter the lower and upper limit
for each element. Ignore the recovery percents and other entries for now.

You can specify an aim for an element by making the upper and lower limits equal.

You should specify an upper limit for each element that is greater than zero.

The program will calculate the entries for the last element, Ni, when you click on Update
Information

Click on Return when you are finished

Here we are at the Charge Calculation screen again. Enter the size of the charge, in this
case 10,770 kilograms. 22 melt stocks have been selected and the furnace range is 630 (Hot Test).

Note that a Charge Calculation has been selected for Type of Charge. Click on Continue to
calculate the charge. The calculation requires a small fraction of a second to complete.

This is the top part of the charge calculation report.

The recipe is shown with the amount and cost of each melt stock and the total cost of the
recipe.

The resulting chemistry for each element is also shown.

You may print the report by clicking on Print Report.

Clicking on Return returns you to the Charge Calculation screen.

This is what you see when you click on Help / User Manual on the first screen.

This is the table of contents for the User manual. Just click on a topic for more information.

The user manual is very complete with approximately 90 pages.

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