Patent ID: 7784169
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a superconducting wire, comprising the steps of: providing a drawn wire formed by coating raw material powder for a superconductor with a metal, rolling said wire after said step of providing a drawn wire, and sintering said wire after said step of rolling, wherein at least one interval between (i) said step of providing a drawn wire and said step of rolling or (ii) said step of rolling and said step of sintering, is less than seven days; setting the temperature of a heater adapted to provide heat to said wire such that said wire is maintained at a substantially constant temperature between greater than or equal to 80° C. and less than or equal to 300° C. for the entire duration of the at least one interval of less than seven days; wherein the at least one interval is three days; and wherein maintaining the temperature of the wire at a substantially constant temperature during the at least one interval occurs for three days.