Patent ID: 7090478

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing an anisotropic formed body in which functional, magnetic fine particles are oriented in a specific direction within a matrix and in which anisotropy is given to properties attributable to the functional fine particles, comprising: a superconducting magnet device that has a cylindrical superconducting coil and generates a uniform and parallel magnetic field in which magnetic lines of force at equal intervals and parallel to each other extend through a mold arranged in a barrel axis of the superconducting coil; a heating device adapted to heat in the mold a liquid molding material with the functional fine particles contained in the matrix, said heating device being disposed within a transfer opening; and a drive device adapted to drive at least one of the mold and the heating device in the barrel axis direction of the superconducting coil, wherein the cylindrical superconducting coil is composed of an upper superconducting coil and a lower superconducting coil vertically spaced apart from each other, and wherein a gap between the upper and lower coils constitutes the transfer opening for the mold.