Device for treating a metal strip with a liquid coating material

A device for treating a metal strip after the metal strip has exited a costing container filled with a liquid coating material, comprising

• a blower, which is arranged above the coating container, with an air outlet gap for blowing excess parts of the liquid coating material off a vertically moving surface of the metal strip after passage of the metal strip through the coating container;
• an electromagnetic stabilizer, which is arranged above the blower, for stabilizing the metal strip after leaving the coating container and the blower, wherein the electromagnetic stabilizer is so arranged above the blower that a spacing between a line of action of a maximum force of the electromagnetic stabilizer on the metal strip and the air outlet gap lies in a range of 100 to 1200 millimeters;
• and
• a horizontal cross member mounted between and attached to two vertical posts,
• wherein the blower is secured to and hangs below the horizontal cross member, and
• wherein the electromagnetic stabilizer is arranged between the horizontal cross member and the blower, and
• wherein the electromagnetic stabilizer and the blower are independently secured to the horizontal cross member, and
• wherein the electromagnetic stabilizer hangs below the horizontal cross member.