The present description concerns a gas cooling cell, comprising: a chamber; at least one opening in the chamber, of access to a treatment space internal to the chamber; at least one door for closing the opening; and a system (4), internal to the chamber, comprising at least one wall (42) mobile between a first position where this wall forms a screen between the opening and the treatment space, and a second position where said wall clears the access to the treatment space from the opening.

A cooling device for cooling a metallic item and a method for operating the cooling device. Such cooling devices having a plurality of cooling bars arranged in parallel in groups for applying a coolant to the metallic item are known in the prior art. In order to be able to set a desired distribution function of the coolant over the width of the metallic item as precisely as possible, the cooling device provides that similar application regions in at least two cooling bars within a group are each formed differently with respect to their contour and/or with respect to their surface area.

A cooling device for cooling a metallic item and a method for operating the cooling device. Such cooling devices having a plurality of cooling bars arranged in parallel in groups for applying a coolant to the metallic item are known in the prior art. In order to be able to set a desired distribution function of the coolant over the width of the metallic item as precisely as possible, the cooling device provides that similar application regions in at least two cooling bars within a group are each formed differently with respect to their contour and/or with respect to their surface area.

A method for volume heat treating a part having an external surface delimiting its volume, the method comprising the following steps: a. providing a laser source; b. providing the part; c. providing support means for supporting the part; d. placing said part so that it is held in position by said support means; and e. irradiating with the laser source at least one segment of the external surface of the part with a laser exposure power and duration to obtain a temperature rise in essentially the entire volume of the part.

A method for volume heat treating a part having an external surface delimiting its volume, the method comprising the following steps: a. providing a laser source; b. providing the part; c. providing support means for supporting the part; d. placing said part so that it is held in position by said support means; and e. irradiating with the laser source at least one segment of the external surface of the part with a laser exposure power and duration to obtain a temperature rise in essentially the entire volume of the part.

A device for heating and quenching a tubular member has a central axis. The device includes a first quenching ring, a second quenching ring axially spaced from the first quenching ring, and a heating ring axially positioned between the first quenching ring and the second quenching ring. Each quenching ring and the heating ring is configured to receive the tubular member. The heating ring is fixably coupled to the first quenching ring and the second quenching ring. The heating ring includes an induction coil configured to heat an annular target zone along the tubular member. The first quenching ring is configured to deliver a first quenching fluid to the target zone and a first annular heat affected zone along the tubular member, and the second quenching ring is configured to deliver a second quenching fluid to the target zone and a second annular heat affected zone along the tubular member.

The present invention provides a sub-zero treatment device capable of uniformly cooling a cooling target object and reducing the amount of liquid refrigerant used for cooling the cooling target object. The sub-zero treatment device has an exhaust member extending from a through-hole provided in a cooling tank constituting a cooling target object mounting chamber through to the interior of the cooling target object mounting chamber, and having an exhaust port, wherein the exhaust port is disposed in an exhaust port positioning space, which is the space located in the upper half of the cooling target object mounting chamber and having a width in the transverse direction that is equal to the maximum width in the transverse direction of the suction port.

The present invention provides a sub-zero treatment device capable of uniformly cooling a cooling target object and reducing the amount of liquid refrigerant used for cooling the cooling target object. The sub-zero treatment device has an exhaust member extending from a through-hole provided in a cooling tank constituting a cooling target object mounting chamber through to the interior of the cooling target object mounting chamber, and having an exhaust port, wherein the exhaust port is disposed in an exhaust port positioning space, which is the space located in the upper half of the cooling target object mounting chamber and having a width in the transverse direction that is equal to the maximum width in the transverse direction of the suction port.

In some examples, an apparatus includes a pallet supporting a plurality of workpieces, the pallet including through-holes structured to pass a quenching fluid. In some examples, the apparatus further includes a reservoir of quenching fluid configured to provide the quenching fluid, and a plurality of upturned wall portions extending from the pallet and substantially surrounding the exteriors of the plurality of workpieces. The plurality of upturned wall portions may be located in relative orientation to the plurality of workpieces to regulate heat transfer coefficients of the plurality of workpieces during a quenching operation.

In some examples, an apparatus includes a pallet supporting a plurality of workpieces, the pallet including through-holes structured to pass a quenching fluid. In some examples, the apparatus further includes a reservoir of quenching fluid configured to provide the quenching fluid, and a plurality of upturned wall portions extending from the pallet and substantially surrounding the exteriors of the plurality of workpieces. The plurality of upturned wall portions may be located in relative orientation to the plurality of workpieces to regulate heat transfer coefficients of the plurality of workpieces during a quenching operation.