HIGH TEMPERATURE THERMAL INSULATION SYSTEM FOR MILLIMETER WAVE SINTERING OF B 4 C H. Hoshizuki, S. Mitsudo, T. Saji, K. Matsuura, T. Idehara, M. Glyavin 1 , A. Eremeev 1 , T. Honda 2 , Y. Iwai 2 , H. Nishi 3 , A. Kitano 3 and J. Ishibashi 3 Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui Bunkyo 3-9-1, Fukui 910-8507, Japan 1 Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Science 46 Ulyanov Street, 603950 Nizhiny Novgorod, Russia 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Fukui, Bunkyou 3-9-1, Fukui 910-8507, Japan 3 Tsuruga Head Office, Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute 1 Shiraki, Turuga-shi, Fukui, 919-1279, Japan Received 3 October 2005 International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Vol. 26, No. 11, November 2005 (© 2005) DOI: 10.1007/s10762-005-0030-z 1531 0195-9271/05/1100-1531/0 © 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.