David Woodin

I started with Honeywell Inc. as an industrial service technician in 1956 and worked there for 18 years. Because I knew something about ceramics, they sent me to ceramic firms such as Universal Rundel, Norris Thermador, Flintridge China, HC Muddox, Gladding McBean, etc.
An Instrument Inspector for Brown & Root and Alaska Constructors on the Prudoe Bay, North Slope Project for about 2 years.
I worked for Pyrometer Associates in Puerto Rico where I was responsible for servicing the 36 furnaces with there 3 zones of control instrumentation at Union Carbide.
I became president of Applied Industrial Instrumentation in Reno Nevada. In 1985 I bought out the service dept. and changed the name to Instrument Service Inc, which is now run by my son since I retired in 1994. Instrument Service Inc has accounts with Eagle Picher Minerals Inc., Cyprus Foote Mineral, Gladding McBean Inc. (terra cotta and sewer pipe) etc. We also upgrade and improve instrumentation. I designed the system and installed instrumentation for 12 dryers at McBean.(program controllers) We also improved the instrumentation of the 6 zone shuttle kiln and 4 zone shuttle kiln at McBean. Our company also certify's temperature controllers for the heat treating industry which have to meet ISO 9000 standards. Some of the instruments that we work on are Honeywell UDC 2000, 3000, and 5000 controllers and recorders Chessell recorders and multipoint recorders, Powers profiliers, Foxboro, Fisher & Porter, Leeds & Northrup etc.
I also have worked in the wastewater and water treatment field.
I have been a part time potter since 1981 and after retiring started to do more pottery. I joined an open Studio in Arlington VA where I soon found that they had a need for someone to keep the 14 Brent wheels going plus 2 Skutt kilns and a gas kiln. Since I had a programmable controller I used an SCR unit and hooked it to one of the open studio kilns, once the potters got use to it that is the kiln they prefer to use. I am a volunteer at George Washington University and spend most of my time trying to show students how to use there industrial programmable controller which came with a Unique kiln. I have been in contact with Orton and have their information about the new controllers. The Orton type controller is fine for potters, but the industrial controllers are much better but not as user friendly.

Compose mail to David Woodin at DWoodin521@aol.com

Box 432, Cornwall, PE, C0A 1H0 Canada
Phone Phone: (406) 662-0136

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