A method and apparatus are provided for implementing Advanced Process Control for enhanced electrical, magnetic, or physical properties process output control using a sequential segmented interleaving algorithm. The bearing plate 12 bearing the crankshaft 9 is provided with plural intake ports 12a at regular intervals in the circumferential direction. Deformation of the workpiece and degradation of the thermal treatment of the workpiece material is thereby avoided. The end-effectors of the coaxial revolvers are arranged in a circle coaxial with the revolvers. A layer of alpha-Fe2O3 having a high coercivity is formed adjacent the active areas for pinning the bias layer. Such an MRI method includes introducing an MRI antenna or probe into the specimen to be imaged, the antenna being configured in accordance with the devices described herein, so that the spatial coordinate frame of imaging is inherently locked or defined with respect to the introduced antenna thereby providing imaging of the specimen from the point of view of the antenna.