• Charge-Only Systems for Automotive & Industrial
• Container Formation: Model VCF-CR
• Charge/Discharge Systems for Stationary & Industrial VRLA,
• Water Bath Formation and Tackless Plate Formation:
• Model VCF-CD

• Charge-Only systems up to 1000 amperes
• Charge/Discharge systems up to 2000 amperes
• Circuits built for service up to 100-500 volts

• Constant current, voltage, ampere-hour and power controls
• Control and measurement accuracy to within 1% of full operational scale
• Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) design for superior reliability
• Flexibly configured analog and digital I/O channels
• Battery backed local circuit memory fror reliable restart and data retrieval after power outage
• System cooling for reliability in demanding environments - application specific options
• Charge/Discharge power recycling - VCF-CD systems route discharge energy back to the
• AC power line - energy cost savings and reduced heat stress on operational environment

Modular design for economy in manufacturing and maximum efficiency in service

Available Options
• Bitrode's exclusive STM thermal monitoring probes for temperature setback control
• Ramp charge
• Remote junction box for formation table connections
• Local control with Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and VisuaLCN Panel Agent interface
• Cell voltage monitoring
The following options are available for Charge/Discharge VCF-CD systems:
• Low current float circuit
• Filter circuit to reduce ripple to <15%
• Polarity reversal for tackless formation
• Constant resistance discharge
• Pulse charging capability
• Cell or battery switching module
• Ramp charge and discharge

Control and Monitoring Interface
• VisuaLCN Formation Client software for Windows NT
• Formation control and data sharing across enterprise networks
• Customizable interface for on-screen circuit layout and monitoring
• Windows interface for circuit program maintenance
• Real time data acquisition and viewing
• VisuaLCN graphing software for graphical test data analysis
• Test data stored in Microsoft Access format for custom reporting and analysis

Flexible and Remote: works where and how you do

Scaleable Client/Server architecture grows with operations

Supports all Bitrode's networked formation charging circuits

Industry standard communications protocols: Smooth integration with production enterprise

Upgrade path for existing Bitrode computer controlled formation systems

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Advanced Master Circuit Controller
• Maintains all control and data acquisition
• In-place firmware upgrades via software
• controls parallel operation of multiple step controller
• boards for flexible multiple range operation
• Single design for multiple product types
• - Supports both charge-only and charge/discharge
• - Economy in manufacturing
• - Simplified spares inventory
• Multiple data buses supported
• - RS485, I2C, CAN, SMBus, ALDL
• Supports control and data acquistion for external
• third party devices (water bath systems,
• temperature chambers, etc.)

Individual Step Controller Boards
• Controls only the step provided by the
• Master Controller
• Circuit firing executed by these boards
• Ease of installation - software calibration is the
• only configuration required
• Hot-swap capability allows minimum process
• disruption during service procedures
• Intelligent addressing - boards can be moved and
• replaced without regard to dedicated positions

BRIO (Bitrode Remote I/O) - Flexibility in Data Acquisition
• I/O connects to Master Controller
• Data channel assignment freed from circuit firing boards
• Flexible physical layout for I/O devices
• Multiple, freely assignable I/O channels per master circuit for multiple data types
• - Temperature, pressure, specific gravity, etc.
• Supports third party external peripheral devices