Apparatus for treating a metal strip including an electromagnetic stabilizer utilizing pot magnets

An apparatus for treating a metal strip after the metal strip has exited from a coating container of a liquid coating material, comprising:

• a blow-off device arranged above the coating container, the blow-off device having an air outlet gap for blowing off an excess liquid coating material from a surface of the metal strip after the metal strip has passed through the coating container;
• and
• an electromagnetic stabilizer arranged above the blow-off device comprising a first plurality of magnets and a second plurality of magnets for stabilizing the metal strip after leaving the coating container and the blow-off device,
• wherein the first plurality of magnets and the second plurality of magnets are arranged on opposite sides of the metal strip,
• wherein the first plurality of magnets and the second plurality of magnets are individually fastened to a traverse by a plurality of stabilizer displacement devices, and
• each magnet of the first plurality of magnets and each magnet of the second plurality of magnets being individually fastened to the traverse by a corresponding one of the plurality of stabilizer displacement devices,
• wherein the plurality of stabilizer displacement devices enables individual, translational displacement of each magnet of the first plurality of magnets and the second plurality of magnets in a horizontal plane relative to the traverse, and
• wherein each magnet of the first plurality of magnets is configured to be displaced relative to each magnet of the second plurality of magnets;
• wherein the first plurality of magnets includes a first pot magnet with a first pot coil therein,
• wherein the second plurality of magnets includes a second pot magnet with a second pot coil therein,
• wherein the first pot magnet includes a first distance sensor arranged in a middle of the first pot coil, and
• wherein the second pot magnet includes a second distance sensor arranged in a middle of the second pot coil.