A spin rinse dryer for treating a substrate has an enclosure, a rotatable support for supporting the substrate, a rotatable member located within the enclosure above the rotatable support, and a drive for rotating the rotatable member. During cleaning of the wafer, liquid that splashes up from the wafer will strike the rotatable member, rather than the upper wall of the enclosure, and may form droplets on the rotatable member. After the flow of cleaning liquid has stopped, the drive can rotate the rotatable member at high speed, which tends to throw the liquid droplets off the rotatable member through centrifugal force. The liquid then runs down the walls of the enclosure, away from the wafer, so that there is a much reduced chance of contamination of the cleaned wafer. The rotatable member and support may be integrally formed and rotated together or may be separate members.

A spin rinse dryer for treating a substrate has an enclosure, a rotatable support for supporting the substrate, a rotatable member located within the enclosure above the rotatable support, and a drive for rotating the rotatable member. During cleaning of the wafer, liquid that splashes up from the wafer will strike the rotatable member, rather than the upper wall of the enclosure, and may form droplets on the rotatable member. After the flow of cleaning liquid has stopped, the drive can rotate the rotatable member at high speed, which tends to throw the liquid droplets off the rotatable member through centrifugal force. The liquid then runs down the walls of the enclosure, away from the wafer, so that there is a much reduced chance of contamination of the cleaned wafer. The rotatable member and support may be integrally formed and rotated together or may be separate members.

A multi-chamber dryer using adjustable conditioned air flow is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a drying belt configured to receive a product to be dried on a first surface of the drying belt and a heat medium in contact with a second surface of the drying belt. The heat medium is configured to heat the product and is maintained at a pre-determined temperature. The apparatus further includes a manifold that is positioned above the drying belt, where the manifold includes one or more orifices that inject conditioned air laterally across a width of the drying belt to remove evaporated water from the product

A multi-chamber dryer using adjustable conditioned air flow is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a drying belt configured to receive a product to be dried on a first surface of the drying belt and a heat medium in contact with a second surface of the drying belt. The heat medium is configured to heat the product and is maintained at a pre-determined temperature. The apparatus further includes a manifold that is positioned above the drying belt, where the manifold includes one or more orifices that inject conditioned air laterally across a width of the drying belt to remove evaporated water from the product

The invention relates to a treatment tunnel, to a production system, and to a treatment module (100) for a treatment tunnel (200) which has treatment modules (100) following one another in the longitudinal direction (L), the treatment module comprising an inner housing (102), which has at least one surface element (104, 105, 106, 107, 108) composed of prefabricated cassettes (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17). The surface element (104, 105, 106, 107, 108) is divided, in the longitudinal direction, into a pitch corresponding to at least one cassette width (90, 92). The cassettes (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17) are arranged within the surface element (104, 105, 106, 107, 108) with their longitudinal sides (68) perpendicular to and with their transverse sides (66) parallel to the longitudinal extent (140), at least in some regions, and/or the cassettes (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17) are arranged within the surface element (104, 105, 106, 107, 108) with their transverse sides (66) perpendicular to and with their longitudinal sides (68) parallel to the longitudinal extent (140) of the surface element (104, 105, 106, 107, 108), at least in some regions.

The invention relates to a treatment tunnel, to a production system, and to a treatment module (100) for a treatment tunnel (200) which has treatment modules (100) following one another in the longitudinal direction (L), the treatment module comprising an inner housing (102), which has at least one surface element (104, 105, 106, 107, 108) composed of prefabricated cassettes (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17). The surface element (104, 105, 106, 107, 108) is divided, in the longitudinal direction, into a pitch corresponding to at least one cassette width (90, 92). The cassettes (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17) are arranged within the surface element (104, 105, 106, 107, 108) with their longitudinal sides (68) perpendicular to and with their transverse sides (66) parallel to the longitudinal extent (140), at least in some regions, and/or the cassettes (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17) are arranged within the surface element (104, 105, 106, 107, 108) with their transverse sides (66) perpendicular to and with their longitudinal sides (68) parallel to the longitudinal extent (140) of the surface element (104, 105, 106, 107, 108), at least in some regions.

A hopper bottom for supporting a cylindrical side wall of a grain bin includes a hopper wall having an inverted cone shape supported on upright support legs. A manifold duct is supported above the hopper wall to define a manifold passage therein extending circumferentially adjacent to the peripheral edge of the hopper wall. A plurality of outlet openings formed in the manifold duct in communication from the manifold passage to an interior of the hopper wall for open communication with the grain bin thereabove. An inlet opening extending through the hopper wall in alignment with the manifold duct receives ventilation air from a blower to direct the flow through the manifold duct and into the grain bin through the outlet openings of the manifold duct.

A multi-chamber dryer using adjustable conditioned air flow is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a drying belt configured to receive a product to be dried on a first surface of the drying belt and a heat medium in contact with a second surface of the drying belt. The heat medium is configured to heat the product and is maintained at a pre-determined temperature. The apparatus further includes a manifold that is positioned above the drying belt, where the manifold includes one or more orifices that inject conditioned air laterally across a width of the drying belt to remove evaporated water from the product

A multi-chamber dryer using adjustable conditioned air flow is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a drying belt configured to receive a product to be dried on a first surface of the drying belt and a heat medium in contact with a second surface of the drying belt. The heat medium is configured to heat the product and is maintained at a pre-determined temperature. The apparatus further includes a manifold that is positioned above the drying belt, where the manifold includes one or more orifices that inject conditioned air laterally across a width of the drying belt to remove evaporated water from the product

The invention involves an apparatus and a method for drying and/or curing impregnated wood. The apparatus includes a chamber comprising a stack containing space for containing a plurality of elongated wood planks arranged in a stack of a height H.sub.s, width W.sub.s and length L.sub.s, a heating element arranged within or adjacent to the space, a flow generating device arranged outside the space and configured to generate a circulating flow (F) of curing fluid within the chamber and a fluid flow restrictor arranged between the space and the flow generating device. The flow generating device and the fluid flow restrictor are further configured such that the circulating flow (F) of curing fluid is guided through the heating element generating a homogeneously heated and distributed flow (F) of curing fluid in the space. At least one motor is arranged outside the chamber, the at least one motor being configured to operate the flow generating device via a connecting shaft.