Method and apparatus for heat treating materials
Abstract
Abstract ENT ATMOSPHERES OF DIFFERENT COMPOSITION AND/OR DIFFERENT THERMAL VALUES CAN BE MAINTAINED IN THE RESPECTIVE COMPARTMENTS FOR CONTACT WITH THE LAYER. A TUNNEL FURNACE HAS AN ELONGATED FURNACE CHAMBER ALONG WHOSE BOTTOM A SUPPORT TRAVELS IN LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION. FROM THE ROOF TRANSVERSE PARTITIONS EXTEND DOWNWARDLY TOWARDS THE SUPPORT AND SUBDIVIDE THE SPACE ABOVE THE SAME INTO A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL TREATING COMPARTMENTS. MATERIAL TO BE HEAT-TREATED IS DEPOSITED ON THE SUPPORT AS RELATIVELY THIN LAYER WHICH IS ADVANCED THROUGH THE CHAMBER SO THAT EACH INCREMENT OF THE LAYER BECOMES EXPOSED TO THE RESPECTIVE COMPARTMENT. THE COMPARTMENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH INLETS AND OUTLETS FOR GAS SO THAT DIFFER-
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- 👤 Hippel H Von
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