Heating inventions 10/06

20060240372 - Panel-type workpiece heater: A heater for heating a generally flat workpiece has a generally flat support, a uniform array of individual small heat sources on the support, and respective switches for the sources. Respective conductors connect the switches to the sources, and a controller connected to the switches individually energizes the heat sources....

20060234178 - Apparatus and method for heating substrate and coating and developing system: A substrate heating apparatus includes a top plate arranged above a hot plate so that a vertical space is formed between the hot plate and the top plate. The top plate has an evacuated internal chamber serving as a vacuum insulating layer that suppresses heat transfer from a first surface...

20060228661 - Fluidized bed apparatus for batch-by-batch or continuous process control and method for operating a fluidized bed apparatus: A fluidized bed apparatus for batch-by-batch or continuous process control is provided that allows the processes in the fluidization region to be influenced as desired, especially in terms of material movement and dwell time. The fluidized bed apparatus is formed from at least two processing regions and the processing regions...

20060223019 - Ceramic core bodies: Firing of ceramic cores (1) is important in order to achieve manufacturing processes. These ceramic cores (1) are generally formed in a “green” state which has limited mechanical strength and may be distorted during the firing process by non-uniform thermal effects, etc. By providing a tube or containment 2 which...

20060223020 - Resistance-heated vaporizer boat: Resistance-heated ceramic vaporizer boat (10) comprising an elongated vaporizer body having an upper side (1) and a lower side (2) being parallel to each other, and the vaporizer body having plane lateral side surfaces (3) being non-parallel to each other, wherein each of said lateral side surfaces (3) is inclined...