摘要 |
<p>A processing apparatus (100) forms a metallic material such as steel (1). The apparatus includes a heating tub (2), spray nozzles (5), a cooling tub (3), and a circulator (20). The heating tub (2) heats the steel (1) to equal to or higher than the modification point of the steel. The spray nozzles (5) cool the steel processed by the heating tub (2) to lower than the modification point, by contacting liquid metal sodium (4) onto the steel (1). The cooling tub (3) stores the liquid metal sodium (4), soaks the steel processed by the spray nozzles (5), and cools the steel (1). The circulator (20) circulates the liquid metal sodium (4) so that the liquid metal sodium (4) flows in the same direction as the steel (1) in the cooling tub (3). <IMAGE></p> |