EP0971561A1 - Elektrischer Heizwiderstand für Electroofen und Herstellungsverfahren - Google Patents

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EP0971561A1
EP0971561A1 EP99401460A EP99401460A EP0971561A1 EP 0971561 A1 EP0971561 A1 EP 0971561A1 EP 99401460 A EP99401460 A EP 99401460A EP 99401460 A EP99401460 A EP 99401460A EP 0971561 A1 EP0971561 A1 EP 0971561A1
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Marianne Le Boulch
Thierry Chartier
Jean-Marc Laurent
Patrice Goeuriot
François Valdivieso
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/10Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor
    • H05B3/12Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material
    • H05B3/14Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material the material being non-metallic
    • H05B3/141Conductive ceramics, e.g. metal oxides, metal carbides, barium titanate, ferrites, zirconia, vitrous compounds
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/10Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor
    • H05B3/12Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material
    • H05B3/14Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material the material being non-metallic
    • H05B3/148Silicon, e.g. silicon carbide, magnesium silicide, heating transistors or diodes
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/62Heating elements specially adapted for furnaces
    • H05B3/64Heating elements specially adapted for furnaces using ribbon, rod, or wire heater

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  • the present invention relates to an electrical resistance heater for electric oven, as well as a method of manufacturing such a resistance.
  • the electric heating resistors are for example produced by sintering particles of ceramic material, and in particular grains of silicon carbide.
  • Silicon carbide which is widely used in the manufacture of such heating elements provides relatively robust resistors with excellent thermal properties.
  • the premature aging of such resistance is also due to the nature elements added to silicon carbide which generate, at high temperature, a secondary phase of low viscosity. The diffusion of oxygen towards the core of the material can then easily occur and cause oxidation of the heating element.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome these drawbacks.
  • an electric heating resistance for an oven electric comprising a heating resistive part in ceramic material, characterized in that the ceramic material comprises a sintered mixture of carbide particles of silicon, doping particles suitable for obtaining, after filtering; of a phase electrically conductive and mineral particles.
  • FIG 1 there is shown a conforming electrical resistance heater to the invention, designated by the general reference 10.
  • the resistance shown in this figure has a generally cylindrical shape, however, the invention also applies to the manufacture of heating resistors of any shape, in particular to tubular, straight or bent resistors.
  • the resistor 10 essentially comprises a heating body 12 provided with a or two (as shown) mutually opposite end zones 14 and 16 forming mechanical fixing and electrical connection terminals.
  • Terminals 14 and 16 have lower resistance than the body heating 12 and are either formed by machining the body, or produced by adding a cylinder on one or on each end of the body 12 and welding thereon.
  • Resistor 10 is produced by sintering a ceramic material.
  • the resistive part 12 comprises a sintered mixture of silicon carbide particles, doping particles suitable for obtaining a electrically conductive phase, consisting of nickel oxide, and particles minerals allowing liquid sintering of silicon carbide elements, by example of alumina and yttrium oxide.
  • the silicon carbide particles In order to improve the density of the resistance, and therefore to decrease its porosity, the silicon carbide particles have a size between 0.1 micron and 20 microns, preferably equal to 1.5 microns.
  • particles of silicon carbide constitute two populations whose size distributions are centered on 1 ⁇ m and 10 ⁇ m, respectively, the size distribution of the nickel oxide particles being centered on 0.5 ⁇ m.
  • these particles of silicon carbide consist of commercial silicon carbide, for example of the FCP type, sold by "NORTON", USA, in powder form, the composition of which is illustrated in the table shown in the figure 2.
  • the electrical connection and mechanical fixing terminals 14 and 16 of the resistance 10 also consist of a sintered mixture of carbide particles of silicon and mineral particles, identical to the particles entering into the constitution of the heating resistive part 12 and comprise a concentration of doping particles leading to a conductive electrical phase greater than that of the heating part.
  • terminals 14 and 16 As a variant, and as visible in FIG. 1, it is possible to form the terminals 14 and 16, as described below, forming these during the manufacturing the heating part 12, by providing end zones having a cross-section of dimension larger than that of the resistive part heater 12, either obtained by machining the middle part of the resistor so as to reduce its cross-section, either as mentioned previously, reported on the extremities of the body 12.
  • the first step consists of a raw material preparation step.
  • NORTON FCP powder additives consisting of particles of mineral matter, namely alumina, AL 2 O 3 , and yttrium oxide Y 2 O 3 , and doping particles, namely nickel oxide NIO, leading to an electrically conductive phase.
  • the mixture thus formed is then dried by passage in an oven at 80 ° C. or by atomization, until complete evaporation of the solvent.
  • the resistance is shaped into using an extrusion technique.
  • organic constituents are used so as to form a dough with rheological characteristics compatible with deformation during passage through a nozzle of an extruder and good mechanical strength of the elements extruded before cooking.
  • the organic constituents comprise, previously prepared in the form gel, for example methylcellulose binder, a plasticizer, for example petrolatum as well as lubricants, for example an amine and oleic acid, and are incorporated into the mixture consisting of silicon carbide, mineral particles and doping particles during a mixing step, maintained for example during one o'clock.
  • a plasticizer for example petrolatum as well as lubricants, for example an amine and oleic acid
  • the dough is then extruded, using an extruder, so as to form cylindrical bars.
  • the next manufacturing phase begins with a first processing step thermal aimed at the elimination of organic constituents.
  • the bars are placed under ambient air, and a first rise from 20 ° C to 150 ° C using a speed of 30 ° C per hour, then maintains a one hour plateau at this temperature. Then we climb temperature from 150 ° C to 300 ° C, also using a speed of 30 ° C per hour, then this temperature is maintained at 300 ° C for one hour. A third climb in temperature is carried out so as to bring the bars to a temperature of 450 ° C., in using a speed of 30 ° C per hour. We keep the bars at the latter temperature for one hour, then allowed to cool to room temperature.
  • the bars thus obtained are then introduced into another oven to undergo the final sintering heat treatment proper.
  • Sintering is carried out on the one hand, under vacuum, by raising the temperature by 20 ° C. at 900 ° C, using a speed of 300 ° C per hour, then, under argon, at a pressure of a bar, by raising the temperature from 900 ° C to 2000 ° C, using a speed of 300 ° C per hour, maintaining a two-hour plateau at 2000 ° C, and finally, leaving the resistor will cool down to room temperature.
  • Another neutral gas, for nitrogen, for example, can also be used.
  • the part heater 12 is extended, on at least one of its ends, by a terminal 14 and 16, of electrical connection and mechanical fixing is added by adding a cylinder on the end of the bars, welded to the heating resistive part 12, or machined after extrusion, is formed simultaneously during the same extrusion step, in providing corresponding end zones having a cross section larger than those of the heating part 12.
  • connection terminals 14 and 16 are it is possible to form the added part (s) using a concentration of doping particles leading to an electrically conductive phase higher than that of the heating resistive part 12.

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EP99401460A 1998-07-06 1999-06-14 Elektrischer Heizwiderstand für Electroofen und Herstellungsverfahren Expired - Lifetime EP0971561B1 (de)

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FR9808634A FR2780845B1 (fr) 1998-07-06 1998-07-06 Resistance electrique chauffante pour four electrique et procede de fabrication d'une telle resistance
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