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(11) | EP 0 332 926 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Continuous furnace for sintering pressed metal powders |
(57) Continuous furnace for sintering pressed metal powders, constituted by a furnace
traversed by a plurality of transverse, parallel, adjacent and continuously rotating
rollers (9) made of refractory material which operate in an inert-gas atmosphere,
and comprising gas sealing means (11) and burners arranged at the inlet and at the
outlet of the furnace and adapted to eliminate by combustion any traces of oxidating
gases. |