44 PLANT TECHNOLOGY 12 pre-treatment tanks, 4 furnaces, powder- coating line, various cooling and buffer stations MATERIAL FLOW SYSTEM Loading and unloading crane, 4 distribution manipulators, 2 submersion manipulators, furnace manipulator, 4 transverse/longitudinal facilities, various friction wheel drives PRE-TREATMENT/POWDER-COATING FACILITY FOR LARGE PARTS WEIGHING UP TO 9 TONS 1 Nine crane and manipulator systems with spans of up to 18 m transport the product carriers in a cross direction 2 In order to avoid heat loss as far as possible, the furnaces are attached suspended and supplied by manipulators from below 1 2