A continuous galvanizing line having an annealing furnace of an all radiant tube heating type includes a moisture removal device, dew-point meters, outlets through which the atmospheric gas in the furnace is collected and inlets through which the atmospheric gas from which moisture has been removed with the moisture removal device is fed into the furnace, the dew-point meters and the outlets being placed at least at two points which respectively exist on a side wall in the vicinity of the entrance of the annealing furnace and on a side wall in the vicinity of the furnace top or the furnace bottom at a position where a steel sheet has a maximum end-point temperature, the inlets being placed at two points which respectively exist on side walls on the sides opposite to the sides of the two points for the outlets in the height direction of the furnace, making it possible to steadily control the dew-point of the atmospheric gas to be 45 C. or lower and 80 C. or higher throughout the whole area of the annealing furnace.

A device for metal coating of fibers, for example ceramic fibers, by a liquid process, the device including a crucible containing a liquid metal bath through which a fiber is drawn to be coated with the metal, and a cooling system positioned downstream from the metal bath to solidify the metal sheath created around the fiber by capillarity. The cooling system includes at least one nozzle for ejecting a compressed gas towards the coated fiber, and the system is sized such as to solidify the metal on the periphery of the coated fiber over a length of no more than 200 mm.

A substrate processing apparatus includes one or more substrate processing units 11 to 18 each processing a substrate 3 with a processing fluid; processing fluid supply units 19 and 20 supplying the heated processing fluid to the substrate processing units 11 to 18; and a controller 21 controlling the processing fluid supply units 19 and 20. The processing fluid supply units 19 and 20 include a storage tank 35 storing the processing fluid; a heating heat exchanger 51 heating the processing fluid; and a supply path 52 supplying the processing fluid to the substrate processing units 11 to 18. The supply path 52 includes a bypass path 71 bypassing the heating heat exchanger 51 at an upstream of the substrate processing units 11 to 18. The processing fluid heated by the heating heat exchanger 51 and the processing fluid supplied from the bypass path 71 are mixed to be supplied.

The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for the electroless metallization of a target surface of at least one workpiece (5), having a vessel (10) to accommodate a metallization solution having an inlet (15) and an outlet (16) for the metallization solution, and a holder (20) for accommodating the at least one workpiece (5) and can be arranged within the vessel (10), wherein at least one diffuser plate (30) is provided between the at least one inlet (15) and the holder (20) and has a multitude of diffuser openings (35) spaced apart in a plane of a plate (E), and wherein a movement device (40) is provided, which can move the diffuser plate (30) in at least one spatial direction in the vessel (10). The present invention further relates to a method for the electroless metallization of the target surface of the at least one workpiece (5).

A tool for applying a binding agent and/or a filler is provided. The tool enables convenient and accurate application of the binding agent and/or the filler, such as adhesive or mortar for wall panels and grout between wall panels. The tool comprises a body including a front surface, a rear surface, and a plurality of edges circumferentially extending around the body, each of the plurality of edges defining a junction of the front surface and the rear surface. One of the plurality of edges comprises a plurality of teeth extending away from the body. The teeth may comprise a flat face. One of the plurality of edges may comprise a protrusion. One or more rounded corners may be circumferentially disposed around the body between two proximal edges.

A tool for applying a binding agent and/or a filler is provided. The tool enables convenient and accurate application of the binding agent and/or the filler, such as adhesive or mortar for wall panels and grout between wall panels. The tool comprises a body including a front surface, a rear surface, and a plurality of edges circumferentially extending around the body, each of the plurality of edges defining a junction of the front surface and the rear surface. One of the plurality of edges comprises a plurality of teeth extending away from the body. The teeth may comprise a flat face. One of the plurality of edges may comprise a protrusion. One or more rounded corners may be circumferentially disposed around the body between two proximal edges.

The present invention relates to a coating apparatus for a fluidifiable composition, preferably a fluidifiable confectionary composition, the coating apparatus having a central cavity having a maximum transverse distance D and a maximum height L, wherein the ratio of D:L is at least 1:2.5, to as much as 1:15. In particularly preferred embodiments the coating apparatus is used to apply a fluidified confectionary composition onto an edible substrate. Also disclosed is a removeable vessel and/or reducing insert useful with the coating apparatus, constructed of thermally transmissive material and having a wall thickness such that the vessel or reducing insert wall conducts heat from the base heater to maintain a roughly uniform wall temperature from the base to the top, as well as methods of use of the foregoing.