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US 2009/0211518 A1Published application
Crucible holding member and method for producing the same
AssigneeIbiden Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideki KATO, Haruhide Shikano, Tomoyuki Ando, Masahiro Yasuda
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Abstract
A crucible holding member includes a hollow mesh body. The hollow mesh body has an upper end opening and a lower end opening, and includes a plurality of strands woven to be arranged diagonally to a central axis of the hollow mesh body. Each of the strands includes a plurality of carbon fibers. A matrix is filled in the interstices between the carbon fibers.
Claims12
A crucible holding member comprising:
- a hollow mesh body having an upper end opening and a lower end opening and comprising a plurality of strands woven to be arranged diagonally to a central axis of the hollow mesh body, each of the strands comprising a plurality of carbon fibers, and
- a matrix filled in the interstices between the carbon fibers.
A method for producing a crucible holding member, the method comprising:
- weaving a plurality of strands to be arranged diagonally to form a mesh body having a hollow shape with a central axis, each of the strands comprising a plurality of carbon fibers;
- impregnating the mesh body with a matrix precursor;
- heating the mesh body impregnated with the matrix precursor to cure;
- and
- carbonizing the cured mesh body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.