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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2012
Masayuki Katakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromitsu Suzuki, Ibaraki, JP;
Takahiro Goto, Hokkaido, JP;
NISSHIN ENGINEERING INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rotary agitation type heat treatment apparatus includes: a cylindrical member for performing heat treatment on a material to be treated supplied inside the cylindrical member from one end thereof; a rotating unit for rotating the cylindrical member; a heating unit for heating the material supplied inside the cylindrical member; and agitation members arranged in the cylindrical member. Each agitation member has a shaft structure and two or more blades provided on the shaft structure. The cylindrical member and the agitation members are constituted of a ceramic material. The material inside the cylindrical member is heated and the cylindrical member is rotated, so that the material is heat treated while agitated by the agitation members in the cylindrical member, and discharged out from the other end thereof.