Provided is a production apparatus for a cathode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries which can improve productivity. The production apparatus is provided with: a conveying device that conveys a raw material of a cathode active material, the raw material containing a metallic compound and a lithium compound, the metallic compound including at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and a heating unit in which the raw material is heated, wherein the heating unit has at least one heating member that heats the raw material by heat conduction, the conveying device has a conveying member that conveys the raw material, the heating member heats the raw material via the conveying member, and the conveying member has a retaining part for the raw material of the cathode active material along a side part thereof in a width direction.

The invention concerns a method for accentuating the orientation of the grains of a continuous steel sheet (1), in particular for producing electrical sheet steel, said method involving, during the movement of the steel sheet (1) in the longitudinal direction of same, a longitudinal stretching of the steel sheet (1) in a stretch region (1d) in which the steel sheet (1) moves at a temperature of between approximately 750° C. and approximately 900° C. The invention also concerns a device for implementing said method in which the stretching is carried out by two tensioning blocks (41, 42) comprising traction rollers arranged to move and guide the steel sheet (1). The invention further concerns a facility for producing electrical sheet steel comprising a line comprising a rolling mill and on which said method and said device are implemented downstream from the rolling mill.

The invention concerns a method for accentuating the orientation of the grains of a continuous steel sheet (1), in particular for producing electrical sheet steel, said method involving, during the movement of the steel sheet (1) in the longitudinal direction of same, a longitudinal stretching of the steel sheet (1) in a stretch region (1d) in which the steel sheet (1) moves at a temperature of between approximately 750° C. and approximately 900° C. The invention also concerns a device for implementing said method in which the stretching is carried out by two tensioning blocks (41, 42) comprising traction rollers arranged to move and guide the steel sheet (1). The invention further concerns a facility for producing electrical sheet steel comprising a line comprising a rolling mill and on which said method and said device are implemented downstream from the rolling mill.

The invention relates to an apparatus for passing at least one fiber tow multiple times through an oxidation furnace by means of godets, the at least one fiber tow being diverted via at least one godet that is arranged offset. According to the invention, the godet comprises a shaft on which at least two single rollers are arranged to be mounted, each single roller being arranged so as to be rotatable on the shaft.

The invention relates to an apparatus for passing at least one fiber tow multiple times through an oxidation furnace by means of godets, the at least one fiber tow being diverted via at least one godet that is arranged offset. According to the invention, the godet comprises a shaft on which at least two single rollers are arranged to be mounted, each single roller being arranged so as to be rotatable on the shaft.

A machine for applying spouts to containers includes a heating tunnel for heating spouts, and a conveyor for conveying spouts through the heating tunnel for heating. The conveyor is a loop conveyor including a plurality of spout holding rack assemblies mounted thereon, wherein the loop conveyor defines a conveyor path from a spout loading zone, through the heating tunnel and then back to the spout loading zone. The machine includes (i) multi-material warp resistant rack holding assemblies, and/or (ii) a spout infeed track at a spout infeed side of the conveyor that includes an adjustment assembly for permitting adjustment of a number of spouts fed from the spout infeed track into an aligned spout holding rack assembly, and/or (iii) a spout emptying passage at a spout outfeed side of the conveyor, and/or (iv) a controller configured to track the position of each spout holding rack assembly along the conveyor path.

An annealing line for a steel strip, a device for use in such an annealing line and a method for annealing a steel strip. The annealing line including a connecting chamber connecting a first heating section and a second heating section, wherein one or more devices, located in the connecting chamber, are arranged on one or both sides of the steel strip for oxidising the steel strip using an oxidising gas mixture, each device having a body including an internal chamber and one or more openings to project the oxidising gas mixture onto the surface of the steel strip.

An annealing line for a steel strip, a device for use in such an annealing line and a method for annealing a steel strip. The annealing line including a connecting chamber connecting a first heating section and a second heating section, wherein one or more devices, located in the connecting chamber, are arranged on one or both sides of the steel strip for oxidising the steel strip using an oxidising gas mixture, each device having a body including an internal chamber and one or more openings to project the oxidising gas mixture onto the surface of the steel strip.

A method and system solution heat treat, at an elevated first temperature, a coil of aluminum alloy sheet to form a heat-treated coil and while at least a portion of the heat-treated coil is being solution heat treated, uncoil a heat-treated portion of the aluminum alloy sheet from the heat-treated coil and continuously quenching the uncoiled heat-treated portion to form a quenched sheet.

An oxidation furnace for the oxidative treatment of fibers having a housing which is gas-tight, apart from passage openings for the fibers, inter alia. A process chamber is located in the interior of the housing. Deflecting rollers guide the fibers through the process chamber in a serpentine manner so that the fibers lie next to one another as a fiber carpet which spans a plane between opposite deflecting rollers. An atmosphere-generating device can generate a hot working atmosphere and includes a blowing device with at least one outlet window through which a hot working atmosphere can be blown into the process chamber between two adjacent planes of the fiber carpet (22a). The working atmosphere is guided into the process chamber by a flow guiding system. The flow guiding system includes exchangeable flow guiding elements with flow passages which can be detachably and/or movably mounted on the blowing device, before the outlet window.