Method for extruding ceramic bodies
AssigneeNGK Insulators, Ltd.
InventorsKiminari Kato, Keiichiro Watanabe, Masumi Yokoi
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Abstract
A method of extruding ceramic bodies in a downward direction is disclosed, which includes the steps of supporting an extruded body being downwardly extruded through an extruding die to prevent deformation of the extruded body, and cutting the extruded body in a given length. An apparatus for effecting this extruding method is also disclosed, which includes an extruding unit provided with a die at a bottom thereof, a unit for holding the extruded body being downwardly extruded, and a cutter for cutting the extruded body in the given length.
Claims2
A method of extruding a ceramic body, comprising the steps of:
- extruding a ceramic material through an exit surface of an extrusion die in a substantially gravitationally downward direction to form an extruded ceramic body;
- supporting the extruded body in a substantially gravitationally upward direction to prevent deformation thereof, by applying a reaction force consisting of a force proportional to an extruded length of the extruded body and a holding force in said upward direction from a lower end of the extruded body, while the extruded length of the extruded body or a numerical value proportional to the extruded length of the extruded body is being measured;
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- cutting the extruded body to a given length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.