General Electric Company

Herbert C Peters

Philip G Kosky

Clifford L Spiro

Daniel S McAtee

An apparatus for forming a superconductive joint in tape or wire has features which include a closeable vessel with gas inlets for depositing a superconducting layer by chemical vapor deposition, and a form in combination with current clamps and conductive leads to heat a length of tape to a temperature effective to deposit a superconductive coating thereon. Preferably, the form and associated structure are unitary with a base plate which seals the vessel.

Apparatus for preparing superconducting joints

Superconducting joints between superconducting tape ends are produced by a series of operations which includes stripping non-superconductive material from the tape ends, joining them with a conductive coating and depositing a superconductive alloy layer thereon, typically of triniobium tin, by a chemical vapor deposition reaction of hydrogen with the corresponding metal halides. Certain of the steps are performed in an inert atmosphere free from moisture, elemental hydrogen and elemental oxygen, typically a helium atmosphere.

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Ballston Spa, NY, United States of America

Herbert C Peters