When you're intentionally creating fire inside industrial equipment, having the right controls matters.
Burner management and combustion control systems work behind the scenes to safely start, monitor, control, and shut down burners while maintaining the heat your process requires.
Whether you're building new combustion equipment or upgrading an existing system, we can help with the controls that keep the heat on, and shut it off when it shouldn't be.
3 Quick Facts
1. Fire Needs Permission
Before ignition, a burner management system checks that required conditions are met and equipment is ready to fire.
2. Purge Before Ignition
Industrial combustion systems commonly use a purge sequence to move fresh air through the combustion chamber before lighting the burner.
3. Always Watching the Flame
Flame detection verifies that a flame is present when it should be. If the flame is lost, the BMS can shut off fuel to bring the burner to a safe state.
What Does a Burner Management System Do?
CHECK → PURGE → IGNITE → MONITOR → SHUT DOWN
A Burner Management System (BMS) acts as the safety supervisor for the burner. It verifies that conditions are safe, manages the startup and ignition sequence, monitors the flame and other safety conditions while the burner is operating, and shuts off fuel if something goes wrong.
BMS vs. Combustion Control: What's the Difference?
A BMS focuses on safe burner operation, while a Combustion Control System (CCS) controls the actual combustion process, including things like firing rate, fuel-to-air ratio, and temperature. They work together to provide safe, efficient heat.
Burner & Combustion Applications
Industrial Boilers
Safely manage the fire behind steam and hot-water production.
Industrial Furnaces & Ovens
Control the heat behind the process.
Kilns
Keep high-temperature processes firing safely and consistently.
Boilers use burners to heat water and generate steam or hot water for production, processing, and facility needs.
The overall burner management system coordinates ignitions, flame monitoring, temperature, pressure, and safe shutdown, while automation components help control and monitor the surrounding process.
Featured Products:
PLCs & Smart Relays
Temperature & Process Controls
Pressure Sensors & Switches
HMI & Operator Interfaces
Industrial furnaces and ovens provide controlled heat for processes like heat treating, curing, baking, drying, and finishing.
Automation helps safely manage burners while maintaining the temperature the process requires.
Featured Products:
Temperature & Process Controls
Safety Controls
PLCs
HMI
Sensors & Instrumentation
Kilns use sustained high temperatures to process materials such as cement, ceramics, lime, and other products.
The overall burner management system coordinates ignitions, flame monitoring, temperature, pressure, and safe shutdown, while automation components help control and monitor the surrounding process..
Featured Products:
Temperature Controls
PLCs & Relays
HMI
Audible & Visual Signaling
Dryers & Process Heaters
Put the right amount of heat where the process needs it.
Thermal Oxidizers & Incinerators
Control the heat used to handle waste and emissions.
OEM Burner & Combustion Equipment
Build the brains and safety into your equipment from the start.
Industrial dryers remove moisture while process heaters provide heat needed during production.
Controls coordinate burners, fans, temperatures, and other equipment to keep the process running.
Featured Products:
Temperature & Process Controls
VFDs
Motors & Motor Controls
PLCs
Thermal oxidizers and incinerators use high temperatures to destroy VOCs, waste, and other unwanted materials.
Burner management helps safely control ignition, flame, fuel, and shutdown sequences.
Featured Products:
PLCs & Relays
Temperature & Process Controls
HMI
Audible & Visual Alarms
OEMs building boilers, furnaces, ovens, dryers, kilns, heaters, and other fired equipment need reliable controls for burner sequencing, process control, safety, and operator interaction.
Featured Products:
PLCs & Smart Relays
Safety Controls
HMI
Temperature & Pressure Controls
Enclosures
How Our Products Help Burner & Combustion Systems:
*PLCs & Smart Relays: Sequencing and overall equipment/process control
*Safety Devices: Safety logic, interlocks, and shutdown functions
*Temperature & Process Controllers: Maintaining and monitoring process temperatures
*Temperature Sensors: Process temperature feedback from thermocouples and RTDs
*Pressure Sensors & Transmitters: Monitoring air, fuel, and process pressures
*VFDs: Controlling combustion-air/blower fans, pumps, and other motors
*Motor Controls: Starting and protecting motors
*HMI & Operator Interfaces: Displaying status, alarms, setpoints, and diagnostics
*Audible & Visual Signaling: Communicating faults, trips, and equipment status
*Industrial Networking/Remote I/O: Connecting controls and field devices
*Enclosures & Thermal Management: Protecting the control system
How can we help you with your burner management system application?