Patent ID: 6056031
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B28D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for adhering a cylindrical ingot having a crystal orientation to a support plate, said plate being mounted on a machine for slicing the ingot, said apparatus comprising:means for measuring the crystal orientation of the ingot based on a diffraction of X-rays;means for rotating the ingot about a center axis thereof based on the measured crystal orientation, said center axis being held to be parallel to a prescribed first plane so that the crystal orientation is placed in a plane parallel to the first plane;means for adjusting a position of one of the support plate and the ingot in the plane parallel to the first plane based on the measured crystal orientation so that a mounting axis extending along a longitudinal direction of the support plate is aligned to the crystal orientation;means for adhering the ingot to the support plate;an intermediate plate having an adhering face to which the support plate is adhered; andauxiliary adhering means for adhering the intermediate plate to the ingot whose crystal orientation lies in the plane parallel to the first plane, and said adhering means adhering the support plate to the adhering face of the intermediate plate when the crystal orientation of the ingot is aligned to the mounting axis of the support plate.