A heat treatment system includes heating chambers configured to perform heat treatment on objects to be treated, and a conveyance device configured to load each of the objects to be treated into the heating chambers, unload the object to be treated from the heating chambers, and convey the object to be treated under an oxygen-free atmosphere, wherein the conveyance device includes a cooling device configured to perform cooling treatment on the object to be treated.

Disclosed in the present application is a cooling system for a reflow furnace, the reflow furnace comprising a heating zone, and the cooling system being used to regulate a temperature of the heating zone, the cooling system comprising: at least one gas inlet and at least one gas discharge port, the at least one gas inlet and the at least one gas discharge port being disposed on the heating zone; a blowing apparatus; at least one gas intake pipeline, an inlet of the at least one gas intake pipeline being connected to the blowing apparatus, an outlet of the at least one gas intake pipeline being connected to the at least one gas inlet, the at least one gas intake pipeline being able to controllably establish fluid communication between the blowing apparatus and the at least one gas inlet; and at least one gas discharge pipeline, an inlet of the at least one gas discharge pipeline being connected to the at least one gas discharge port, an outlet of the at least one gas discharge pipeline being connected to the outside, and the at least one gas discharge pipeline being able to controllably establish fluid communication between the at least one gas discharge port and the outside. The cooling system of the present application can shorten the time taken for the reflow furnace to change from a higher heating temperature to a lower heating temperature.

A heat treatment system includes heating chambers configured to perform heat treatment on objects to be treated, and a conveyance device configured to load each of the objects to be treated into the heating chambers, unload the object to be treated from the heating chambers, and convey the object to be treated under an oxygen-free atmosphere, wherein the conveyance device includes a cooling device configured to perform cooling treatment on the object to be treated.

A tunnel oven and associated method for the heat treatment of friction elements, and in particular braking elements such as brake pads is provided. The friction elements are arranged on a resting surface of a conveyor device, are moved between an inlet opening and an outlet opening of the tunnel oven, and are heated by irradiation by at least one heating device. The heating device includes a radiating plate made from stainless steel arranged facing the conveyor device and heated by electromagnetic induction using at least one inductor arranged facing the radiating plate and spaced apart therefrom on the side opposite to the conveyor device. A cooling air flow for the braking elements between the resting surface and the radiating plate is directed in counterflow to a feeding direction of the conveyor device.

Disclosed in the present application is a cooling system for a reflow furnace, the reflow furnace comprising a heating zone, and the cooling system being used to regulate a temperature of the heating zone, the cooling system comprising: at least one gas inlet and at least one gas discharge port, the at least one gas inlet and the at least one gas discharge port being disposed on the heating zone; a blowing apparatus; at least one gas intake pipeline, an inlet of the at least one gas intake pipeline being connected to the blowing apparatus, an outlet of the at least one gas intake pipeline being connected to the at least one gas inlet, the at least one gas intake pipeline being able to controllably establish fluid communication between the blowing apparatus and the at least one gas inlet; and at least one gas discharge pipeline, an inlet of the at least one gas discharge pipeline being connected to the at least one gas discharge port, an outlet of the at least one gas discharge pipeline being connected to the outside, and the at least one gas discharge pipeline being able to controllably establish fluid communication between the at least one gas discharge port and the outside. The cooling system of the present application can shorten the time taken for the reflow furnace to change from a higher heating temperature to a lower heating temperature.

A vertical furnace for the continuous heat treatment of a metal strip, in particular for an electrical steel strip, as seen in the conveying direction of the metal strip, includes an inlet zone for the metal strip; a heating/holding zone with an annealing chamber for heating and holding the metal strip at a certain temperature; a first cooling zone for cooling the metal strip; and a deflection device, arranged downstream of the first cooling zone with at least one roller arrangement, for deflecting the metal strip in the direction of an outlet zone for the metal strip. At least one second cooling zone is arranged downstream of the deflection device with respect to the conveying direction.

Disclosed is a tempering station for the partial heat treatment of a metal component, the station including a processing plane arranged in the tempering station, at least one nozzle, aligned to the processing plane, for discharging of a fluid flow for the cooling of at least a first sub-area of the component, and at least one nozzle box, arranged above the processing plane. The at least one nozzle box forms at least one nozzle area in which the at least one nozzle is at least partially arrangeable and/or which at least partially delimits a propagation of the fluid flow, with the at least one nozzle box being at least partially formed with a ceramic material. The tempering station permits a sufficiently reliable thermal delimitation of heat treatment measures partially acting on the component and/or a sufficiently reliable thermal separation of different heat treatment procedures partially acting on the component.

A tunnel oven and associated method for the heat treatment of friction elements, and in particular of braking elements such as brake pads is provided. The friction elements are arranged on a resting surface of a conveyor device, are moved between an inlet opening and an outlet opening of the tunnel oven, and are heated by irradiation by at least one heating device. The heating device includes a radiating plate made from stainless steel arranged facing the conveyor device and heated by electromagnetic induction by means of at least one inductor arranged facing the radiating plate and spaced apart therefrom on the side opposite to the conveyor device. A cooling air flow for the braking elements between the resting surface and the radiating plate is directed in counterflow to a feeding direction of the conveyor device.

A continuous furnace for the heat treatment of steel sheets, such as hot forming and press hardening, wherein two zones with mutually different temperatures are formed in the furnace, and a separating wall is present between the two zones. A gap is present in the closed state between the steel sheet and the separating wall and a surface cooling nozzle is in the form of a tube, wherein the surface cooling nozzle has outlet openings pointing downwards in the vertical direction and the surface cooling nozzle is arranged in the direction towards a relatively cooler zone.

The present disclosure discloses a reflow oven, comprising a heating zone, a cooling zone, a barrier and exhaust zone, a gas exhaust passage, a gas exhaust power device, and a detection device. The heating zone comprises a heating zone inlet and a heating zone outlet. The cooling zone comprises a cooling zone inlet and a cooling zone outlet. The barrier and exhaust zone is located between the heating zone outlet and the cooling zone inlet. An inlet of the gas exhaust passage is communicated with the barrier and exhaust zone. The gas exhaust power device is disposed on the gas exhaust passage. The detection device is disposed on the gas exhaust passage and used for detecting parameters of gas in the gas exhaust passage, wherein the parameters of the gas reflect a blockage condition of the gas exhaust power device. The reflow oven according to the present disclosure can ensure that the gas containing soldering flux is sufficiently drawn out from the barrier and exhaust zone, thereby ensuring the production quality of a circuit board and improving the qualified rate of the circuit board.