US 12,065,384 B2
Honeycomb body manufacturing methods
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Corning, NY (US); Andrea Marie Muller-Hoff, Painted Post, NY (US); and Douglas Richard Wing, Corning, NY (US)
Assigned to Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/297,514
Filed by CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/061581
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/112379, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/773,717, filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009840 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. C04B 37/00 (2006.01); C04B 38/00 (2006.01)
CPC C04B 37/008 (2013.01) [C04B 37/001 (2013.01); C04B 38/0006 (2013.01); C04B 2237/341 (2013.01); C04B 2237/343 (2013.01); C04B 2237/708 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of firing a green ceramic honeycomb body, the method comprising:
coating a layer of refractory particles onto a sheet comprising one or more of a polymer or a paper and placing the sheet on an end face of a green ceramic honeycomb body;
setting the green ceramic honeycomb body in a furnace containing gases including oxygen; and
heating the green ceramic honeycomb body to a temperature of at least 600° C. to form a fired ceramic honeycomb body,
wherein the sheet has at least one opening revealing a portion of the end face of the green ceramic honeycomb body.