The invention provides a food coating apparatus and a food production method in which an impact applied when a food material is put can be reduced, misalignment or deformation of a food material can be suppressed, and even a soft food material, an easily-crumbled food material, or the like can be efficiently coated. A food coating apparatus comprises: a flow channel through which a liquid coating material flows; a conveyor to be immersed in the liquid coating material and to make the liquid coating material to flow in a travel direction, the conveyor being arranged on an upper side of a bottom surface of the flow channel; a drive device configured to drive the conveyor; and a putting device configured to put a food product, wherein the conveyor is immersed in the liquid coating material at a putting position where the putting device puts the food product, and the food product is conveyed and coated with the liquid coating material in the flow channel in a state where the food product is supported by the conveyor or is supported by the liquid coating material that is flowing.

An intensive quenching (IQ) apparatus and method of quenching heated parts is provided. The IQ apparatus includes a chute for placing parts into a tank including liquid quenchant. The parts fall through the quenchant in the chute and are received by a conveyor belt. The parts are then transported on the conveyor through an inner channel of a conduit. An agitation rate of the quenchant in the inner channel is increased by an agitator.

An intensive quenching (IQ) apparatus and method of quenching heated parts is provided. The IQ apparatus includes a chute for placing parts into a tank including liquid quenchant. The parts fall through the quenchant in the chute and are received by a conveyor belt. The parts are then transported on the conveyor through an inner channel of a conduit. An agitation rate of the quenchant in the inner channel is increased by an agitator.

An inverted carrier lift and method is disclosed. The inverted carrier lift includes a trolley movable along an overhead conveyor and a carrier for supporting a workpiece to undergo an assembly or manufacturing process. The carrier is movable relative to the trolley from a raised position to a lowered position by a motor engaged with a lifting mechanism on the trolley. On rotation of the motor, the carrier and supported workpiece is lowered or raised to position the workpiece in the workstation for processing. The workpiece may be disengaged by the carrier for support of the workpiece by one of many different fixtures depending on the processing. Following processing, the workpiece is re-engaged by the carrier, moved to a raised position and the trolley is transferred to a subsequent workstation.

The present invention relates to a water-based or solvent-based washing unit for washing a flexographic plate. The washing unit comprises a containment structure which defines a lower basin and at least two side basins which are supplied with the washing liquid and are arranged so that the water overflowing from the side basins is collected in the lower basin. A brush partially immersed in the liquid bath defined by the basin itself is installed at each basin.

A plant for treatment of car bodies may include: transport units to carry car bodies; a first transport line to move the transport units between a starting zone and an arrival zone so as to pass over at least one treatment tank; and a second transport line along which empty transport units are returned. The second transport line is configured to convey the transport units rotated on one side relative to a normal position for transporting the car bodies. A first transfer device is configured to pick up a transport unit from the first transport line, rotate the transport unit on one side, and to deliver the transport unit to the second transport line. A second transfer device is configured to pick up a transport unit from the second transport line, rotate the transport unit into the normal position, and deliver the transport unit to the first transport line.

The invention relates to a treatment device and a method for removing coatings, comprising a vibratory conveyor with a conveying channel, which is designed in the manner of a trough, in order to form a treatment bath with a liquid decoating medium, comprising an inlet end and an outlet end for bulk material, wherein the conveying direction of the conveying channel runs from the inlet end to the outlet end. The conveying channel has below the surface of the treatment bath at least one feeding device and at least one discharging device for the decoating medium.

A workpiece holding jig includes a back panel and a frame body, the frame body includes a main body having an annular shape, a conductive member provided all over the main body, a contact member provided along the conductive member, the contact member being electrically connected to the conductive member to come into electrical contact with a peripheral portion of the workpiece, and a seal member provided all over the main body and located on an inner side of the main body relative to the contact member, the frame body is adapted to form a sealed space that accommodates the peripheral portion of the workpiece, the conductive member, and the contact member in a state where the seal member and the contact member are in contact with the peripheral portion, and the frame body includes a liquid inlet through which a liquid is injected into the sealed space.

In embodiments, a conveyor apparatus can include a conveyor ribbon having a length, a width, a thickness less than the width, and a plurality of receiving apertures located along the length and extending through the thickness of the conveyor ribbon. The plurality of receiving apertures are dimensioned to receive and hold a plurality of glass articles. A conveyor drive and guidance system directs the conveyor ribbon along a predefined conveyor path. The predefined conveyor path can include an immersion section and a drain section. The immersion section can be oriented to direct the conveyor ribbon into and out of an immersion station and the conveyor ribbon is rotated about a horizontal axis in the drain section after being directed out of the immersion station.

The present disclosure includes a method for coating a vehicle body-in-white (BIW) in a tank of processing fluid. In one form, the method includes lowering the vehicle BIW in a tank of processing fluid, rotating the vehicle BIW around its lateral axis until the vehicle BIW is completely submerged in the processing fluid, and simultaneously conveying the vehicle BIW along a longitudinal axis of the tank while rotating the vehicle BIW around its longitudinal axis in a corkscrew type movement.