Nichias Corporation

Tokyo Electron Sagami Limited

Tokyo Electron Sagami Kabushiki Kaisha

Ariake Ceramic Constructions Co., Ltd.

Seiji Sakurai

Ken Nakao

Yoshiyuki Motoyoshi

Yoshihisa Miyahara

Kaoru Umino

Hideo Tanaka

Syoichi Naruse

Junichi Kuchiki

Shigeru Fukumaru

A hot plate is used with a molten metal storage container in which a molten metal or bath is temporarily stored prior to any subsequent casting process, and keeps the molten metal temporarily stored in the storage container at a specific constant temperature by heating the molten metal as required. The temperature of the stored molten metal is controlled so that it cannot fall below the particular temperature. The hot plate includes a heating unit formed in a flat shape from any suitable heat resistant, electrically insulating material and having an electric heating wire or coil therein: and A box unit made of any suitable ceramic material has the flat heating unit freely inserted and removably mounted therein. As a variation of the hot plate, the box unit may include a ceramic coating layer formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof, the ceramic coating layer being reinforced with any suitable fibrous ceramic textile. Leads from the electric heating wire or coil may be drawn through the lateral side of the box unit near an upper open side at the top of the box unit.

Hot plate for keeping molten metal in a molten state

A heating apparatus including a process tube in which the target objects are arranged in an internal heating area and a multilayer insulating structure arranged so to enclose the process tube. At the inner face of an inorganic molded structure of bulk density 0.3-0.8 g/cm.sup.3, an inorganic insulating layer of bulk density 1.0-2.0 g/cm.sup.3 covered on the inner face or all faces thereof by inorganic cloth is provided to form the multilayer insulating structure. The inner face of the inorganic insulating layer is used to support a heat generating means. A cooling means is also provided for cooling the flat heating area of the process tube. As a result, a heating apparatus of the present invention is provided that features excellent endurance against spalling, deterioration and chemical reaction, and which is capable of long term stability with respect to temperature increase and decrease.

Heating apparatus with multilayer insulating structure

A heating apparatus provided with a double layered heat-insulating material. This heat-insulating material includes an inner layer portion constituted by an alumina fiber/inorganic filler/inorganic binder and having a bulk density of 0.3 to 0.8 g/cm.sup.3, and an outer layer portion integrally laminated on the inner layer portion, and constituted by an alumina silica fiber/ inorganic binder and having a bulk density of 0.2 to 0.4 g/cm.sup.3 which is smaller than that of the inner layer portion.

Heating apparatus

A molding material of a mixture of 0.1-7 wt % of alkali-resistant zirconia glass fibers of 3-25 mm length, 20-60 wt % of wollastonite fibers, and 40-80 wt % of calcium aluminate cement.

Molding material

A fibrous composite material useful in contact with fused aluminum or aluminum alloys is disclosed. The composite material is comprised of alumino silicate-based ceramic fibers, at least one micaceous mineral, an inorganic binder, a dispersant and a plasticizer.

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Yokohama, Japan

Seiji Sakurai