Hot air generation apparatus

Abstract

A hot air generation apparatus for performing heating processing concerning a dry gas in a coating drying oven, includes a heating chamber to which the dry gas is supplied, and an electric flow heater attached to a wall portion of the heating chamber The electric flow heater includes a heating unit provided with a heating element, an introduction portion provided outside the heating chamber to introduce a gas to pass through the heating unit, a discharge portion provided inside the heating chamber to discharge the gas that has passed through the heating unit, and an electric connection terminal provided outside the heating chamber and configured to supply power to the heating element.

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