Patent ID: 7014811

Claim:
A method for producing rare earth sintered magnets, the method comprising the steps of: (a) pressing and compacting an alloy powder for the rare earth sintered magnets, thereby preparing a plurality of green compacts; (b) arranging the green compacts on a receiving plane in a direction in which a projection area of each said green compact onto the receiving plane is not maximized; and (c) heating the green compacts within a reduced-pressure atmosphere, thereby sintering the green compacts and obtaining a plurality of sintered bodies; wherein step (b) includes the step of arranging the green compacts on the receiving plane so that the green compacts are in contact with each other in a horizontal direction; and step (b) includes the step of applying an anti-fusing agent composed of a slurry in which a Y 2 O 3 powder is dispersed in an organic solvent to at least portions of the green compacts and arranging the green compacts on the receiving plane so that the green compacts are in contact with each other via the anti-fusing agent.