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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tudor C. Gheorghiu, Painted Post, NY (US);
Mark A. Spetseris, Pine City, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G31B 1/500 ; H05B 6/64 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G31B 1/500 ; H05B 6/64 ;
Abstract
A method of firing ceramic bodies and includes placing the ceramic material in a heating apparatus and subjecting the ceramic material to an amount of heat energy that results in the ceramic article exhibiting a ceramic body core temperature, T , a ceramic body surface temperature T , and surface-core temperature differential that is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum temperature differential setpoint.