Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a crucible handling device that can firmly sandwich and reliably move a quartz glass crucible under a clean environment and a method of handling a quartz glass crucible using the crucible handling device.

Abstract: A carbon electrode grinding apparatus for shaping a front end of an arc discharge carbon electrode is provided with front end grinding blades configured to grind a front end surface of the carbon electrode, lateral surface grinding blades configured to grind a surface from the front end surface to a base end of the carbon electrode, and rotation means configured to rotate and drive the front end grinding blades and the lateral surface grinding blades around a rotation axis line coincident with an axis line of the carbon electrode.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a crane device suitable for handling a wrapped crucible, which crane device is capable of realizing mechanical handling of the wrapped crucible by way of a machine without manual work. In view of this, the present invention provides a crane device adapted to be capable of making reciprocal movements along a path between a position above a lifting-up point where a wrapped quartz glass crucible is placed and another position above a putting-down point where a packing container is placed and ascending to/descending from the path at each of the lifting-up point and the putting-down point, the crane device having: four arms extending in the ascend-descend direction and disposed at apexes of a quadrangle such that two arms paired on a diagonal line of the quadrangle are movable to advance to/separate from each other; and a claw provided at a rear end of each arm to extend in the advancing direction of the arm.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a crucible handling device that can firmly sandwich and reliably move a quartz glass crucible under a clean environment and a method of handling a quartz glass crucible using the crucible handling device.

Abstract: A carbon electrode grinding apparatus for shaping a front end of an arc discharge carbon electrode is provided with front end grinding blades configured to grind a front end surface of the carbon electrode, lateral surface grinding blades configured to grind a surface from the front end surface to a base end of the carbon electrode, and rotation means configured to rotate and drive the front end grinding blades and the lateral surface grinding blades around a rotation axis line coincident with an axis line of the carbon electrode.