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Abstract

Certain embodiments provide a bipolar plate for a fuel cell having a novel configuration in which the draining function is improved, the operation is simplified, the resin contained therein is prevented from being decomposed and eluted, and methods for producing the same. The methods for producing a bipolar plate for a fuel cell comprised of a composite material of carbon powders and a thermosetting resin generally comprise the steps of compressing said composite material of the carbon powders and the thermosetting resin by compression molding to provide a molded body having a gas flow field groove for flowing a reactive gas formed on at least one of the surfaces thereof, wherein a punching die and a molding die opposed to each other are used and said composite material of the carbon powders and the thermosetting resin are received in a material receiving part of said molding die, wherein said punching die is approached relative to said molding die; and irradiating an infrared laser beam toward the internal surface of said gas flow field groove while moving the optical axis of said infrared laser beam relatively to said molded body along said gas flow field groove, thereby applying infrared laser process to said internal surface of said gas flow field groove after the completion of said compressing step.

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