Roller changing apparatus for furnaces
OwnerRobert Ebner, Andreas Sauschlagerinventors
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relates to a roller changing apparatus for changing a roller from a multiplicity of rollers in a furnace for the thermal treatment of components, wherein the roller changing apparatus has a housing which can be closed off and in which a first protective gas atmosphere can be formed, and a roller handling device which is arranged at least partially in the housing, and which is designed to remove the roller to be exchanged from the furnace and to fit a replacement roller in the furnace while maintaining a high temperature and a second protective gas atmosphere in the furnace during the roller change.
Claims21
1-22. (canceled)
A roller changing apparatus for changing one roller of a multitude of rollers of a furnace for a thermal treatment of components, wherein the roller changing apparatus comprises:
- a housing that can be sealed and in which a first protective gas atmosphere can be formed;
- a roller handling device that is at least partially arranged in the housing and designed for removing the roller to be exchanged from the furnace and for installing a replacement roller at the furnace while essentially maintaining a high temperature and a second protective gas atmosphere in the furnace during the roller exchange.
A method for changing a roller of a multitude of rollers of a furnace for the thermal treatment of components, wherein the method comprises:
- forming a first protective gas atmosphere in a sealable housing of a roller changing apparatus;
- removing the roller to be exchanged from the furnace with a roller handling device of the roller changing apparatus that is at least partially arranged in the housing;
- installing a replacement roller on the furnace with the roller handling device;
- wherein a high temperature and a second protective gas atmosphere are essentially maintained in the furnace during the removal and during the installation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.