Industrial applications of the bulk superconducting YBa2Cu3O7
material imply to control the growth of large oriented monodomains in
samples of big size (several centimeters). The laboratory EPM-Matformag is
committed to produce such materials according to three different methods
(zone melting, solidification controlled by a magnetic field, crystal growth
from a seed). The results obtained show that it is possible by such methods
to elaborate a material with high performances at the centimeter scale and to
produce it in series. The availability of such materials allows the measure of
physical properties on a large scale and the testing of prototypes for
cryo-electrotechnical applications (magnetic bearing, flywheel, coupling device,
current lead...).