Microwave Exothermic Ceramic Composition for Simple Container Forming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional microwave oven cooking containers are bulky, have complex configurations, and high manufacturing costs, limiting design freedom and making mass production and economical supply difficult.
Innovation Solution
A method for manufacturing exothermic ceramics that combines ceramic raw materials like clay with exothermic elements such as silicon carbide, ferrite, and iron oxide, using various forming techniques to create a stable and efficient heating solution for microwave ovens, allowing for standardized production and enhanced design freedom.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional exothermic containers use laminated metallic plates, then heating function is achieved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the exothermic element and ceramic raw material into a single integrated body, eliminating the need for separate laminated metallic plates. This merging reduces device complexity and manufacturing steps while maintaining the heating function through microwave interaction of the exothermic materials embedded in the ceramic structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses a composite material consisting of ceramic raw material (such as clay) mixed with exothermic elements (such as iron oxide, ferrite, or silicon carbide). This composite approach enables the container to achieve both structural integrity and exothermic heating functionality in a single component, simplifying the overall device configuration.
2Productivity
If conventional cooking containers are designed with complex configurations, then heating efficiency is improved, but manufacturing cost and volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating exothermic elements specifically in regions where heating is most needed, rather than uniformly distributing complex structures throughout the entire container. This allows the container to maintain simple overall geometry and low weight while achieving high heating efficiency through localized exothermic material placement.
3Strength
If conventional exothermic containers use multiple metal plates, then structural strength is achieved, but manufacturing cost and production complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the fundamental parameters of the container structure by transitioning from multiple discrete metal plates to a single ceramic-based composite material. This parameter change enables the use of standard ceramic forming and firing processes, which are well-suited for mass production, while the inherent properties of the ceramic composite provide sufficient structural strength.
4Reliability
If conventional cooking devices have bulky designs, then functional requirements are met, but design freedom and adaptability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal container design where the ceramic composite material serves multiple functions simultaneously: providing structural strength, enabling microwave heating through exothermic elements, and allowing various shape configurations. This multi-functionality in a single material system grants design freedom while ensuring reliable heating performance across different container shapes and sizes.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The method enables the production of exothermic ceramics that can heat quickly and efficiently using microwaves, reducing manufacturing complexity and costs, while offering greater design flexibility and economic viability.
Implementation Method 1
a microwave oven, in general, is a device for cooking by using a friction heat generating due to molecule collision within a cooking target in such a way to emit microwaves
Implementation Method 2
cooking by using a friction heat generating due to molecule collision within a cooking target
Implementation Method 3
a biscuit firing step wherein the mold with the formed air holes is inputted into a calcination furnace and is burnt at 800 ̃1000° C.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a method for manufacturing exothermic ceramics for a microwave oven and exothermic ceramics for microwaves. In particular, provided is a method for manufacturing exothermic ceramics for a microwave oven, in which the exothermic ceramics are formed by mixing a ceramic body, such as clay, plastic clay or soil, with an exothermic element prepared by combining at least one selected from silicon carbide, carbon ferrite and iron oxide, which are exothermic components. Accordingly, the exothermic ceramics of the present invention can minimize a sense of difference between the exothermic element and the ceramic body component, which is raw material for ceramics, thereby being capable of emitting high-temperature heat in a short time by means of microwaves as well as maintaining stability in the shape. Furthermore, due to integral forming, the exothermic ceramics have an enhanced elegant design.