A continuous catenary furnace is a continuous horizontal furnace most often used for annealing stainless-steel strip. A long, thin load is supported by rollers at the entrance and exit, and therefore hangs in the shape of a catenary curve within the furnace. With a light, thin load such as strip, heating capacity may be in the range of 100 to 300 psf of hearth. As with all furnaces, the authors recommend developing a heating curve for the specific load and using that curve to determine necessary total furnace length.

Continuous Conveyor Belt Kilns are available in wide ranges of length, width, conveyor speeds and temperature zone configuration. The exterior modular construction consisting of heavy gauge steel, welded and reinforced with structural steel members to form integral units. The conveyor materials selected to meet process conditions. The machine have standard linings of energy saving multi-layer ceramic fiber insulation. It has process zone, which are designed to meet specific process requirements for pre-heating, soak, cooling and atmosphere. It carries out continuous heat processing of ceramic, glass or metal materials.

Continuous distillation column is the equipment set used to accomplish the distillation process. It has a set of key components including a column shell, trays, partial reboiler, condensing unit and reflux drum. A few requirements must be satisfied for a continuous distillation column to achieve separation: Two phases (liquid and vapor) are present, compounds have different volatilities (boiling points), and separation of the two phases is possible (usually by gravity). It has a steady, non-stop feed. It has the advantage of adjustability and is capable of higher production rates. It is more commonly used in industrial applications.