Flexible, high temperature superconductive cables
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1. A method of manufacturing a flexible, high temperature superconductive cable, comprising the steps of:
- longitudinally imbedding a ceramic oxide material having high temperature, superconductive characteristics in a band source member of metallic material thereby encasing longitudinal surfaces of said ceramic oxide material in said metallic material;
compressing by a rolling process said band source member and said encased ceramic oxide material into an elongated flat band with the length of said encased ceramic oxide material being extended to the length of said elongated flat band and forming a high temperature superconductor therethrough;
deforming by longitudinal drawing and shaping said elongated flat band into a hollow tubular member;
welding longitudinal adjacent edges of said hollow tubular member; and
corrugating said welded, hollow tubular member.
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Method of manufacturing a flexible, high temperature superconductive cable by longitudinally imbedding a ceramic oxide material in a band source material, and then compressing same to form an elongated flat band, which in turn is deformed into a hollow tubular member whose longitudinal edges are welded before such member is corrugated. Further, there is disclosed a flexible, high temperature superconductive cable including a corrugated metallic wall having imbedded therein at least one superconductor of ceramic oxide material extending continuously therethrough.
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1. A method of manufacturing a flexible, high temperature superconductive cable, comprising the steps of:
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longitudinally imbedding a ceramic oxide material having high temperature, superconductive characteristics in a band source member of metallic material thereby encasing longitudinal surfaces of said ceramic oxide material in said metallic material; compressing by a rolling process said band source member and said encased ceramic oxide material into an elongated flat band with the length of said encased ceramic oxide material being extended to the length of said elongated flat band and forming a high temperature superconductor therethrough; deforming by longitudinal drawing and shaping said elongated flat band into a hollow tubular member; welding longitudinal adjacent edges of said hollow tubular member; and corrugating said welded, hollow tubular member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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