Title: Honeywell DC2500 Digital Process Controller - Universal Input, Relay Output, 200-240V AC

Product Overview:
The Honeywell DC2500 Digital Process Controller, part number DC2500-E0-1L00-200-00000-00-0, is a highly versatile and reliable 1/4 DIN microprocessor-based controller designed for precise management of various industrial processes. Engineered for exceptional accuracy and robust performance, this advanced controller features a universal input, allowing it to accept signals from a wide range of sensors including thermocouples, RTDs, and linear inputs, making it adaptable to diverse applications. Its single-loop configuration with a robust relay output provides effective on/off or time proportional control for critical process variables such as temperature, pressure, flow, and level. Operating on a 200-240V AC power supply, the DC2500 offers a cost-effective and efficient solution for maintaining optimal process conditions, enhancing product quality, and improving operational efficiency across numerous industries. This controller is an ideal choice for engineers and technicians seeking a dependable, high-performance solution for their automation and control needs, ensuring stable and repeatable results in demanding environments.

Key Features & Benefits:

Universal Input Capability: Accepts a wide array of sensor inputs including thermocouples (J, K, T, E, N, R, S, B, C), RTDs (Pt100, Ni120, Cu10), and linear voltage/current signals (0-5V, 1-5V, 0-10V, 0-20mA, 4-20mA), providing unparalleled flexibility for diverse process monitoring and control.
Single Loop Control with Relay Output: Offers precise single-loop control with a reliable relay output (logic output) for direct control of heating elements, solenoids, or alarms, ensuring stable and accurate process regulation.
High Accuracy and Stability: Engineered for enhanced measurement accuracy (typically +/- 0.25% of span) and long-term stability, minimizing process deviations and ensuring consistent product quality and reduced waste.
Advanced PID Control Algorithms: Features sophisticated Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control algorithms for optimal process response, minimizing overshoot and undershoot, and maintaining setpoint stability even with load changes.
User-Friendly Interface: Equipped with an intuitive front panel interface and clear dual 4-digit LED display for easy configuration, monitoring, and adjustment of control parameters, reducing setup time and operational complexity.
Robust Industrial Design: Built to withstand harsh industrial environments, ensuring reliable operation and extended service life in demanding applications with high levels of electrical noise or temperature fluctuations.
Wide Operating Voltage: Operates efficiently on a 200-240V AC power supply, suitable for various international industrial power standards, offering broad compatibility.
Data Security and Protection: Includes features for parameter lockouts and security levels to prevent unauthorized changes, safeguarding process integrity and ensuring consistent operation.
Compact 1/4 DIN Size: Space-saving design allows for easy integration into control panels and existing systems, optimizing panel space.

Applications:

The Honeywell DC2500 Digital Process Controller is widely utilized across a broad spectrum of industrial and commercial applications requiring precise and reliable process control. Its versatility makes it an indispensable component in:
Ovens, Furnaces, and Kilns: For accurate temperature control in heat treatment, ceramics, metal processing, and glass manufacturing.
Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing: Managing extrusion, injection molding, thermoforming, and curing processes with precise temperature regulation.
Food and Beverage Processing: Ensuring precise temperature and pressure control for cooking, pasteurization, sterilization, and chilling processes to maintain product quality and safety.
HVAC and Environmental Chambers: Regulating temperature and humidity in climate control systems, clean rooms, and test chambers for consistent environmental conditions.
Laboratory and Test Equipment: Providing stable conditions for scientific experiments, material testing, and research and development applications.
Packaging Machinery: Controlling heat sealing, shrink wrapping, and other temperature-sensitive operations to ensure product integrity.
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries: Managing reaction temperatures, distillation processes, and other critical process variables for product synthesis and quality.
General Industrial Automation: Any application requiring reliable single-loop control of temperature, pressure, flow, or level, enhancing overall system performance and efficiency.

Technical Specifications:

Part Number: DC2500-E0-1L00-200-00000-00-0
Alternate Part Number: DC2500E01L00200000000000
Input Type: Universal (Thermocouple, RTD, mV, V, mA)
Output Type: 1 x Relay (Logic Output, SPDT, 2A @ 240V AC resistive)
Control Type: PID, On/Off, Time Proportional
Power Supply: 200-240V AC, 50/60 Hz, 10 VA max
Display: Dual 4-digit LED display (PV and SP)
Accuracy: Enhanced (typically +/- 0.25% of span for analog inputs)
Operating Temperature: 0 to 50°C (32 to 122°F)
Storage Temperature: -40 to 65°C (-40 to 149°F)
Humidity: 10 to 90% RH (non-condensing)
Mounting: Panel Mount (1/4 DIN cutout: 92 x 92 mm)
Dimensions (H x W x D): 96 x 96 x 100 mm (3.78 x 3.78 x 3.94 inches)
Weight: Approximately 0.5 kg (1.1 lbs)
Communication: None (Standard model)
Certifications: CE, UL, CSA (Conforms to relevant safety and EMC standards)