To provide a plate material holding device and a method of uniformly heating a plate material capable of uniformly heating a plate material by a forced circulation type heating furnace.
This plate material holding device for holding the plurality of plate materials 1 in parallel with each other in the heating furnace for forcibly circulating hot air to heat the plate materials 1 by allowing the hot air to pass between the plate materials includes a plurality of windbreak members 7 covering end faces at an upstream side in the hot air flowing direction of the plate materials at intervals, and shielding plates 10 extending from the windbreak members for covering an upstream side of one face of the plate material with a clearance. Furthermore, the windbreak members have holding tools for holding the plate materials.
SHINTANI MASANORI
KOSAKA KENJI
Mitsuo Tanaka
Atsushi Maeda