The disclosure relates to a machine for thermal treatment of bulk material, comprising, a stationary furnace which presents a support structure, and a plurality of pallet cars traveling through the furnace, said plurality of pallet cars together defining, at a lateral side thereof, a common engagement surface which extends through the furnace, wherein a gap is defined between the support structure of the furnace and the common engagement surface, said gap having a gap length, the machine further comprising: a sealing system comprising: one or more drop bars, wherein each drop bar of the one or more drop bars includes a brush arranged on the drop bar such that the brush is configured to be in engagement with the common engagement surface such that the one or more drop bars covers the gap over at least parts of the gap length.

The disclosure relates to a machine for thermal treatment of bulk material, comprising, a stationary furnace which presents a support structure, and a plurality of pallet cars traveling through the furnace, said plurality of pallet cars together defining, at a lateral side thereof, a common engagement surface which extends through the furnace, wherein a gap is defined between the support structure of the furnace and the common engagement surface, said gap having a gap length, the machine further comprising: a sealing system comprising: one or more drop bars, wherein each drop bar of the one or more drop bars includes a brush arranged on the drop bar such that the brush is configured to be in engagement with the common engagement surface such that the one or more drop bars covers the gap over at least parts of the gap length.

The disclosure relates to a machine for thermal treatment of bulk material, comprising, a stationary furnace which presents a support structure, and a plurality of pallet cars traveling through the furnace, said plurality of pallet cars together defining, at a lateral side thereof, a common engagement surface which extends through the furnace, wherein a gap is defined between the support structure of the furnace and the common engagement surface, said gap having a gap length, the machine further comprising: a sealing system comprising: one or more drop bars, wherein each drop bar of the one or more drop bars includes a brush arranged on the drop bar such that the brush is configured to be in engagement with the common engagement surface such that the one or more drop bars covers the gap over at least parts of the gap length.

The present invention relates to a device for carrying component parts to be temperature-controlled, in particular coiled metal strips or metal wires, in a temperature-control device. The carrier device has a base body and a carrier element, to which a component part is attachable, wherein the carrier element is detachably attached to the base body. The base body has a transport coupling, which is configured such that the transport coupling is detachably fixable to a handling system for handling the device.

The present invention relates to a device for carrying component parts to be temperature-controlled, in particular coiled metal strips or metal wires, in a temperature-control device. The carrier device has a base body and a carrier element, to which a component part is attachable, wherein the carrier element is detachably attached to the base body. The base body has a transport coupling, which is configured such that the transport coupling is detachably fixable to a handling system for handling the device.

A sample heating device includes: an opening/closing cover provided to be movable in a horizontal direction between a position above an opening of a mounting port and a position displaced from the position above the opening, and a cover sliding mechanism that is engaged with a part of a sample boat conveying portion when the sample boat conveying portion comes to a predetermined position in a horizontal plane and moves the opening/closing cover in the horizontal direction according to upward and downward movements of the sample boat conveying portion so that the opening/closing cover is provided at the position directly above the opening of the mounting port when the sample boat conveying portion comes to a predetermined height.

A skid rider button is provided for use in a steel reheating furnace to reduce gouge-type damage of a steel slab heated in the reheating furnace. The button includes a top surface defining an interface surface area to receive the steel slab to be reheated, a bottom surface couplable with a skid assembly of the reheating furnace, a front surface, a rear surface, and two opposing side surfaces positioned between the front surface and the rear surface. An overall height of the button between the bottom surface and the top surface may be reduced to lower the interface temperature of the button. The interface surface area may be increased to lower the interface temperature of the button. The button may include rounded edges between each of the surfaces to reduce the mechanical impact between the button and the steel slab.

A sample heating device includes: an opening/closing cover provided to be movable in a horizontal direction between a position above an opening of a mounting port and a position displaced from the position above the opening, and a cover sliding mechanism that is engaged with a part of a sample boat conveying portion when the sample boat conveying portion comes to a predetermined position in a horizontal plane and moves the opening/closing cover in the horizontal direction according to upward and downward movements of the sample boat conveying portion so that the opening/closing cover is provided at the position directly above the opening of the mounting port when the sample boat conveying portion comes to a predetermined height.

Transport system (34) for transporting soldering material through a soldering apparatus (10), comprising at least one transport track (38, 40) extending in the transport direction (18), wherein the transport track (38, 40) comprises at least two transport rails (42, 44, 46, 48), characterized in that a plurality of coupling elements (72, 120) are provided on at least one transport rail (42, 44, 46), in that the coupling elements (72, 120) comprise guide elements (58, 60, 61) which interact with transverse rods (46) which extend in a transverse direction (54) running transversely to the transport direction (18), and in that the coupling elements (72, 120) each comprise a guide part (100) having the respective guide element (58, 60, 61) and a fastening part (102) fastened to the respective transport rail (42, 44, 46) such that the fastening part (102) can be displaced relative to the guide part (100), so that the distance in the transverse direction (54) between the transport rail (42, 44, 46) and the respective guide part (100) changes.