Method and apparatus for removing oil from articles.

摘要

An apparatus for removing oil adhering to article (1) is provided with a sealed chamber (2), a vacuum pump (5), a gas feeding pipe (6), a radiant tube burner (4), a burner (8), an oil mist trap (16), and a condenser (7) if necessary. The oil adhering to the article (1) is evaporated and removed from the article (1) by being heated with the radiant tube burner (4) in replacer gas selected between non-oxidative gas and slightly oxidative gas, and the evaporated oil contained in the replacer gas is recovered by the condenser (7) or burned completely at the burner (8) together with burnable components contained in the replacer gas and impossible to be condensed by the condenser (7). <IMAGE>