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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Miyahara, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yasuhiro Ito, Aichi Pref., JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264630 ; 264656 ; 264657 ;
Abstract
In a method of firing ceramic formed bodies including a binder by using a firing furnace having one or more burners in which a firing output changes alternately between a high output state and a low output state, an air ratio of the burner is maintained at a level of more than 3 in a temperature range from a temperature at which the binder begins to burn out to a temperature at which an ignition loss reaction ends. Further, a firing apparatus has a control means for controlling the burners according to the firing method mentioned above.