Heat treatment apparatus, heat treatment method for steel workpiece, and hot bending method for steel workpiece

摘要

A heat treatment apparatus of one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a feed device that feeds a heat treatment workpiece downstream in a feed direction along a heat treatment workpiece pass-line; a heating device that includes a heating coil disposed downstream of the feed device in the feed direction and encircling the pass-line; a cooling device that is disposed adjacent to the heating coil, downstream of the heating coil in the feed direction, and encircling the pass-line; and a gas supply device that is disposed upstream of the heating coil in the feed direction, directly connected to the heating coil and encircling the pass-line, and that includes a plurality of gas compartments configured by internally partitioning the gas supply device in the feed direction.