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Crystal ingot lifting load measuring device

US4916955A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
3References
7Claims
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Filing dateAug 10, 1988
Grant dateApr 17, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T117/1072
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A load measuring device for measuring the pulling up load of a monocystalline rod (38) grown by the Czochralski method utilizes a strain gauge (20). The monocrystalline rod (38) is pulled up by wire rope (36) consisting of multiple strands. The pulley (34) guiding the wire rope between a drum (36) and a crystal holder (44) has a guide groove which has a cross-sectional shape which is substantially identical to a semicircle circumscribing the wire rope.

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