Patent ID: 7011786

Claim:
A process for producing porous fiber-reinforced shaped bodies, where a press moulding composition is introduced into a pressing mold, where the press moulding composition comprises carbon fibers and/or carbon fiber bundles and/or carbon filaments, and pitches and/or resins which are thermally curable and capable of being carbonized in a first step, the press moulding composition is cured by heating to a temperature of from 120° C. to 280° C. under pressure, in a second step to form a green body, the green body is carbonized and/or graphitized in a third step by heating in a nonoxidizing atmosphere to a temperature of from about 750° C. to about 2400° C. to give a C/C body, wherein heating in the second and/or third step is at least partly effected by an electric current being passed through the press moulding composition and/or the cured green body, during pressing.