Patent ID: 7727335

Claim:
Device for continuous evaporation of a high temperature superconductor onto a substrate in a vacuum comprising: a. a refilling device with a stock of high temperature superconductor material; b. an evaporation device which evaporates the high temperature superconductor material in an evaporation zone by a beam of an energy transferring medium; c. a conveyor which transports the high temperature superconductor material from the refilling device to the evaporation zone; wherein d. the evaporation device is adapted to pre-heat the high-temperature superconductor material in a first part of the evaporation zone by a first energy of the beam of energy transferring medium and to evaporate the pre-heated high-temperature superconductor material in a second part of the evaporation zone by a second energy of the beam of energy transferring medium, wherein said second energy is greater than said first energy.