Abstract: An oven for baking a powdered coating material to an object has an inlet air-shield chamber connected to the inlet side of a horizontal heating chamber. The inlet air-shield chamber is provided therein with a radiation heat source which heats the object and the layer of coating powder to a temperature substantially equal to the baking temperature before the object enters the horizontal heating chamber.
Abstract: An apparatus for testing a heat-insulating tubular member having at least one tubular portion comprising a combustion chamber connected to the tubular portion, a burner mounted in each combustion chamber, and an air line and a fuel supply line both connected to the burner. It may further comprise an air line for increasing exhaust gas pressure which opens on the inner wall of the combustion chamber near the burner.