A hearth roll for a continuous annealing furnace, the hearth roll comprising a thermal spray coating on a surface of the hearth roll, wherein the thermal spray coating comprises main components consisting of a Co-based alloy, a carbide of a transition metal, and a double oxide; and impurities, the double oxide consists of one or two types of a first double oxide consisting of Al and a rare earth element and a second double oxide consisting of a transition metal and a rare earth element, and when the main components are 100 mass %, a content of the Co-based alloy is 25 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less, a content of the carbide is 5 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less, and a content of the double oxide is 20 mass % or more and 45 mass % or less.

A hearth roll for a continuous annealing furnace, the hearth roll comprising a thermal spray coating on a surface of the hearth roll, wherein the thermal spray coating comprises main components consisting of a Co-based alloy, a carbide of a transition metal, and a double oxide; and impurities, the double oxide consists of one or two types of a first double oxide consisting of Al and a rare earth element and a second double oxide consisting of a transition metal and a rare earth element, and when the main components are 100 mass %, a content of the Co-based alloy is 25 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less, a content of the carbide is 5 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less, and a content of the double oxide is 20 mass % or more and 45 mass % or less.

Provided is an annealing facility that contributes to further improvement of magnetic properties by more active control of carbon in steel. An annealing facility includes a heating zone, a soaking zone, and a cooling zone on a conveyance line for a steel strip. The conveyance line is capable of passing a steel strip with a thickness of 2.8 mm or more, the soaking zone has means for maintaining an ambient temperature at 900 C. or higher, the cooling zone has means for supplying a refrigerant to the steel strip and maintaining an average cooling rate of 50 C./s or higher in a temperature region of 750 C. or lower and 120 C. or higher, and the annealing facility includes removal means for removing the refrigerant on an exit side of the cooling zone.