Stabilization apparatus

A stabilization apparatus for stabilizing a metal strip rising from a molten metal bath along a theoretical feeding plane the apparatus comprising

• at least one pair of air knives, a first air knife of which is arranged at a first side and a second air knife is arranged at a second side, opposite to the first side, with respect to said theoretical feeding plane;
• at least one pair of electromagnetic stabilizer devices, a first electromagnetic stabilizer device of which is arranged at said first side and a second electromagnetic stabilizer device is arranged at said second side;
• a pair of first support beams, each first support beam supporting a respective air knife;
• a pair of second support beams each second support beam supporting a respective electromagnetic stabilizer device;
• wherein the pair of second support beams is distinct from the pair of first support beams t and wherein the first support beams are distal from the theoretical feeding plane, while the second support beams, are proximal to said theoretical feeding plane so that said second support beams are arranged, with reference to the theoretical feeding plane, in an, at least partially, innermost position with respect to the pair of first support beams.