Patent ID: 6869916

Claim:
A process for the production of a high-temperature superconductor component with a high-temperature superconductor cross-sectional area of at least 1 mm 2 , which has a current-carrying section, the current-carrying section being connected to a safety conductor which is designed and arranged in such a way and is in electrical contact with the current-carrying section and at least partially covers the latter in a safety region or is at least partially enclosed by the latter, in such a way that the current flowing in the safety region of the current-carrying section on transition of the high-temperature superconductor to normal conduction in this safety region is essentially fully taken up for a period of at least 1 second without damage and rerouted by the safety conductor, the safety region making up at least 10% of the surface of the current-carrying section, in which process the inside of a mold is lined with a metal sheet containing Ag, Au, Pt, Rh, Pd, Ru, Os or Ir or a mixture of two or more thereof, and a melt of a material which, where appropriate after corresponding subsequent treatment, exhibits high-temperature superconductor properties is applied to the mold.