RampMaster® II
Full Featured Ceramic Controller

The Rampmaster II contains our Cone Fire Mode for easy and effortless ceramic programming. Simply choose your cone number and firing speed and the Rampmaster II automatically creates your ceramic firing program.

The Rampmaster II also allows the artist to develop up to 6 individual firing programs using Ramp Mode programming for full artistic control of all firing parameters. Each firing program offers up to 8 segments per program. The Rampmaster II also contains a group of special features designed to enhance your firing experience.

The Rampmaster II is supplied on all Rampmaster equipped ceramic kilns.

Cone Fire Mode

Ceramic, Pottery and Porcelain artists know that today's ceramic products have changed. Gone are the days when "close enough is good enough". With the advent of new lead free glazes and closer tolerance clays,  the "close enough" game doesn't work!  We must now, more than ever, consider the glaze/clay body fit or compatibility. For successful firing, modern ceramic ware requires attention to temperature rates, changes in rates during the firing, as well as the final cone number.

The RampMaster II takes these considerations into account by offering four, pre-set firing programs: Fast Bisque (13 hours), Slow Bisque (10 hours), Fast Glaze (7 hours) and Slow Glaze (4 hours). Through the use of multiple temperature rate changes and temperature set points during the firing, each program is tailored to meet the needs of modern ceramic ware.

Ramp Mode Programming

Develop your own firing programs using the Ramp Mode Programming Feature. You determine How Fast, to What Temp and for How Long. Program the perfect clay profile or that one-of-a-kind specialty glaze firing using the Ramp Mode Programming feature.

Ramp Mode Programming offers six individual programs, the contents of which, are defined by you, the user. Each of the six programs allows for up to eight firing segments. A segment is simply a grouping of: rate of temperature increase or decrease, a set point temperature and soak, if desired. So, get busy and develop that special firing program. The RampMaster II can do the work!!

On-the-Fly Skip Ahead

It's not uncommon when firing to want to stop what's currently happening and move ahead to the next programmed step. Of course, it's also nice if moving ahead was easy and didn't require a bunch of re-programming. The RampMaster II allows for this type of action, on-the-fly. A couple of keystrokes during operation will take the firing to the next segment. It's that easy. No stopping, no fumbling, just success.
 

On-the-Fly Temperature Pause

For those moments when you need a little more time, or a little more heatwork, we offer the Temperature Pause. Simply press the Pause Key and the currently displayed temperature is held for up to 30 minutes. Pause can be turned off at any time by pressing the Pause key again.

On-the-Fly Alarm

During firing it always nice to know when you're reaching a certain temperature. You can sit and watch but you have better things to do. With the RampMaster II you can set the Alarm to beep at any temperature you want. Simply set it. Once the kiln has reached the Alarm temperature the alarm sounds.

On-the-Fly Firing Data

When firing, the RampMaster II displays the current chamber temperature or remaining hold time values. Other information such as current segment in use or reviewing the complete program is also possible to view while running a program. While firing, simply press the View Seg key to see what segment is currently being run. To view the entire programmed firing simply press Review Prog and the entire program is automatically displayed.
 

Back-Up Feature

When programming it's sometimes necessary to back-up and change previously entered firing data. You know how it goes: your halfway finished programming and decide that the hold time you programmed on the first segment isn't right, or you want to bump up a set point temperature or rate that you've already entered. When this happens (and it will) you can simply back-up to the firing data you want to change using a single key. Once you've made the change just continue programming as usual. You'll get to know this feature, it comes in handy and saves time.

Delay Start

Delay the actual start time of the firing using the Delay Start feature. This is great when electrical rates are lower at different times of the day or when it's just too darn hot to fire an extra kiln. Use your head here, folks. Evenheat recommends (and logic dictates) that you monitor a kiln during a firing.
 

Fahrenheit and Centigrade

Whether you prefer Fahrenheit or Centigrade, the RampMaster II has you covered. Changing between the two scales is fairly easy via the keypad.
 

Cone Table

Curious to know the equivalent cone temperature? Use the cone table to look up temperature equivalents of cones 022 through 10. (108°F table).
 

Large LED Display
     
The RampMaster II is equipped with a large, 4 character display that can easily be seen from a distance. It's also well lit which means it can be seen in relatively bright conditions.
 

Advanced Features

Buried deep within the RampMaster II is a menu of advanced features. These include pre-heat's, ID numbers for PC connections, extending the number of segments available to 16, offsetting cone fire values, error code enabling, offsetting thermocouples as well as physical temperature of the electronic board.
 

Personal Computer Connectivity
      
Special, optional software/hardware packages are available that allow the RampMaster II to be connected directly to your PC. This software allows you to program, monitor, graph and control your kilns via your PC. The software packages are known as KISS (Kiln Interface Software System). The KISS Starter Kit (SM-1) is needed to connect the first or initial kiln to your PC while the KISS Kiln Kits (KM-1) are used to connect additional kilns to your, now established, KISS network.
 

Thermocouple

The RampMaster II uses a type K thermocouple. Type S is available by special request.