Abstract: The present invention provides a heating assembly for an aerosol-generating device including an induction-heating first heating element and a resistance-heating second heating element, which are individually controlled according to the operating mode of the aerosol-generating device.

Abstract: A glass-ceramic includes SiO2 in a range of 40 mol. % to 80 mol. %; Al2O3 in a range of 5 mol. % to 20 mol. %; MgO in a range of 5 mol. % to 20 mol. %; and at least one of B2O3, ZnO, and TiO2, each in a range of 0 mol. % to 10 mol. %, such that the glass-ceramic further comprises a magnesium aluminosilicate crystalline phase at a concentration in a range of 5 wt. % to 80 wt. % of the glass-ceramic.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating article including a plurality of flavoring capsules arranged inside at least one of a tobacco medium section and a filter section, wherein the plurality of flavoring capsules respectively include different flavor sources and respectively include susceptor materials configured to be heated at different rates as an alternating magnetic field passes through the susceptor materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides a SiC single crystal manufacturing apparatus, including a crystal growth vessel which has a source loading portion to hold a SiC source, and a lid which is provided with a seed crystal support to hold a seed crystal; an insulating material which has at least one through-hole and covers the crystal growth vessel; a heater which is configured to heat the crystal growth vessel; and a temperature measuring instrument which is configured to measure the temperature of the crystal growth vessel through the through-hole, wherein the inner wall surface of the through-hole of the insulating material is coated with a coating material which contains a heat-resistant metal carbide or a heat-resistant metal nitride.

Abstract: A heating apparatus for heating a cavity inside a chamber. The apparatus may include a first heater at the bottom of the chamber, a second heater at the top of the chamber, at least one air inlet connected to the chamber; and at least one air outlet connected to the chamber.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material formed of a sintered body containing magnesium silicide as a main component contains 0.5 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less of aluminum oxide. The aluminum oxide is distributed at a crystal grain boundary of the magnesium silicide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a release system (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), that includes a segmented structural element (10) comprising: a first segment (10a) designed to be coupled to a first structure, a second segment (10b) designed to be coupled to a second structure, and a solder joint (11) joining respective ends of said first (10a) and second (10b) segments, thus holding down the first and second structures with respect to one another; wherein said solder joint (11) is electromagnetically heatable and includes a solder alloy having a predefined melting temperature.

Abstract: A susceptor device for a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor including metal organic CVD (MOCVD) used in the semiconductor industry. The susceptor device particularly is used with induction heating and includes a horizontal plate adapted for holding one or more wafers and a vertical rod around which the induction heating coils are disposed. A screw system and an insulator can further be used. This design helps prevent undesired levitation and allows for the gas injectors of the reactors to be placed closer to the wafer for deposition during high-temperature deposition processes at susceptor surface temperatures of about 1500° C. or higher.

Abstract: A reactor system for aromatization of higher hydrocarbons within a given temperature range T upon bringing a reactant stream including higher hydrocarbons into contact with a catalytic mixture. The reactor system includes a reactor unit arranged to accommodate a catalytic mixture. The catalytic mixture includes a catalyst material and a ferromagnetic material. The catalyst material is arranged to catalyze the aromatization of higher hydrocarbons. The ferromagnetic material is ferromagnetic at least at temperatures up to an upper limit of the given temperature range T, where the temperature range T is the range from between about 400° C. and about 700° C. or a subrange thereof. The reactor system also includes an induction coil arranged to be powered by a power source supplying alternating current, whereby the ferromagnetic material is heated to a temperature within the temperature range T by means of an alternating magnetic field.

Abstract: A sintered compact includes an alumina phase as a primary phase, and further includes an amorphous phase containing Si and Mn and a cordierite phase. The sintered compact has a porosity of higher than or equal to 1.1% and less than or equal to 5.0%. Preferably, I1/(I1+I2) is greater than or equal to 0.20 and less than or equal to 0.45, where I1 is the strength of the main peak of cordierite obtained by an XRD method, and I2 is the strength of the main peak of alumina.

Abstract: Various embodiments may include a method for the generative manufacturing of a component on a building platform comprising: applying particles of a building material layer by layer to the building platform and then to the component under construction; fusing the applied particles with an energy beam; and heating the component under construction with a heating device associated with the building platform. A reference temperature Tr for each layer produced and a tolerance range for the reference temperature Tr are defined. A heating power of the heating device is lowered as sequential layers are fused to the extent that the tolerance range for a reference temperature Tr is maintained in a last layer produced.

Abstract: A coaxially arranged smart susceptor conductor, comprising a smart susceptor core comprising an alloy having a first Curie temperature point and a first smart susceptor shell coaxially arranged around the smart susceptor core. The first smart susceptor shell comprising a second Curie temperature point that is different than the first Curie temperature point of the smart susceptor core. In one arrangement, the second Curie temperature point of the first smart susceptor shell is lower than the first Curie temperature point of the smart susceptor core. In another arrangement, the smart susceptor conductor further comprises a second smart susceptor shell disposed about the first smart susceptor shell. The second smart susceptor shell comprising a third Curie temperature point.

Abstract: A heating apparatus, a method and a system for producing semiconductor chips in a wafer assembly are disclosed. In an embodiment a heating device includes a heating plane configured to be arranged parallel to a plane of the semiconductor chips in the wafer composite and a first heating unit extending substantially in a radial direction with respect to a reference point in the heating plane, wherein the first heating unit includes a plurality of inductive heating elements arranged adjacent to each other in a substantially radial direction, each inductive heating element having a predetermined distance from the reference point, and wherein the inductive heating elements are formed as electromagnets or permanent magnets configured to generate eddy currents in a carrier of the wafer composite.

Abstract: A method is provided for measuring a temperature of a susceptor of an inductive heating arrangement configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the inductive heating arrangement including: a cavity to receive the substrate, at least one inductor coil configured to generate a varying magnetic field when a varying electric current flows through the at least one inductor coil, at least one susceptor arranged relative to the at least one inductor coil such that the at least one susceptor is heatable by penetration of the varying magnetic field, the at least one susceptor being configured to heat the substrate, and at least one temperature sensor; and the method including: providing the at least one temperature sensor in thermal contact with the at least one susceptor, and measuring the temperature of the at least one susceptor when the varying electric current does not flow through the at least one inductor coil.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a hybrid composite part. A method includes braiding a first set of fibers to form a weave having a closed cross-sectional shape, braiding a second set of fibers into the weave that are chemically distinct from the first set of fibers, impregnating the weave with a resin, and hardening the resin within the weave to form a hybrid composite part.

Abstract: Disclosed is material for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The material includes a mixture of smokable material and elements. Each of the elements includes a closed circuit of heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field.

Abstract: A high-frequency heating method for a hot stamping process includes: a first heating step of high-frequency heating a steel sheet, which has an aluminum (Al) coating layer formed on an iron (Fe)-based base material, to a first target temperature at a first heating rate; a second heating step of melting the coating layer by high-frequency heating the steel sheet, which has passed through the first heating step, to a second target temperature at a second heating rate, wherein the second heating rate is lower than the first heating rate; and a third heating step of high-frequency heating the steel sheet, which has passed through the second heating step, to a third target temperature at a third heating rate, wherein the third heating rate is lower than the second heating rate. A compound is formed by a reaction between a material of the coating layer and a material of the base material in the second heating step.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a Radio Frequency (RF) coil for a multi-driven RF based negative ion source includes manufacturing a first coil and a second coil using tubes of stainless steel as a substrate material, coating the first coil and the second coil separately; and joining the first coil and the second coil by orbital TIG welding after coating the first coil and the second coil to provide the RF coil for the multi-driven RF based negative ion source.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for sealing a packaging material (10), comprising at least one sealing installation (18) which comprises at least one coil core (24) which is surrounded by at least one coil (25), wherein the coil core (24) has at least one gap (32) through which packaging material peripheries (34, 36) to be sealed are guided, wherein at least one element (23) that conducts a magnetic flux is provided, said element (23) for influencing a region (22) of the packaging material peripheries (34, 36) to be heated being disposed so as to be adjacent to the packaging material peripheries (34, 36) to be sealed.

Abstract: A smart susceptor assembly includes a plurality of susceptor elements and a plurality of conductor elements. Each susceptor element can be paired with one conductor element to form a susceptor tab. When exposed to a magnetic flux field, the plurality of susceptor elements heat to a leveling temperature. During the heating, the plurality of conductor elements alter both a thermal performance and an electrical operation of the smart susceptor assembly and, more particularly, the susceptor elements. Various configurations of the susceptor elements and conductor elements are described.

Abstract: Provided are a susceptor that, in forming a thin film on a wafer, can reduce impurities or the like adhering to the wafer and a method for manufacturing the same. A susceptor includes a base material (10) with a recess (11), a tantalum carbide layer (22) formed directly on a bottom surface (11a) and a side surface (11b) of the recess (11), and a silicon carbide layer (20) formed on a surface of the base material (10) except for the recess (11).

Abstract: Disclosed is a crucible that exhibits stable evaporation efficiency and durability with respect to Al, is used in an evaporation source of an electron-beam evaporator, and includes a storage unit, which includes a wall and a bottom and in which a deposition material is placed, and a wetting prevention unit that includes another wall, which is taller than the wall of the storage unit, and another bottom, and is combined with an exterior of the storage unit. The wetting prevention unit is provided so that only the wall of the storage unit is wet with Al, and accordingly, the lifespan of the crucible is lengthened. Further, contact with the ceramic material in order to prevent wetting is minimized, thereby preventing a reduction in the physical properties of the thin film due to the impurities mixed with the deposited Al.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device may include a housing defining at least one internal compartment. The housing may be waterproof. The aerosol-generating device may further include a power supply, an electric heater, and/or a haptic feedback device. Each of the power supply, electric heater, and/or haptic feedback device may be positioned within one or more of the at least one internal compartment.

Abstract: A method for the joining of ceramic pieces with a hermetically sealed joint comprising brazing a continuous layer of joining material between the two pieces. The wetting and flow of the joining material is controlled by the selection of the joining material, the joining temperature, the time at temperature, the joining atmosphere, and other factors. The ceramic pieces may be aluminum nitride and the pieces may be brazed with an aluminum alloy under controlled atmosphere. The joint material is adapted to later withstand both the environments within a process chamber during substrate processing, and the oxygenated atmosphere which may be seen within the shaft of a heater or electrostatic chuck.

Abstract: A joined component comprises a first heated body, a second heated body, a brazing material, a first heated portion and a second heated portion. The first body comprises an insertion opening and an inserted portion coupled with the insertion opening. The second body comprises an insertion portion inserted into the inserted portion through the insertion opening. The first heated portion is provided at a first position including at least a part of the inserted portion and at least a part of the insertion portion. The second heated portion is provided at a second position separate from the insertion portion where a ratio “L/D” satisfies being 0.4 or more and 0.8 or less, where “L” is a length from the insertion opening to the second portion and “D” is an outer diameter of the second heated body.

Abstract: A composite induction consolidation apparatus includes a base mandrel and a ferromagnetic base mandrel facesheet having a specific Curie temperature carried by the base mandrel. The base mandrel facesheet is adapted to support a composite part and allow ambient air pressure to compact the composite part against the base mandrel facesheet. At least one magnetic induction coil is provided in the base mandrel.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of forming tooling used to form a material. The method includes positioning a first susceptor made from a first susceptor material between first and second dies. At least one of the first and second dies includes a forming surface having a desired shape. The method further includes positioning a second susceptor made from a second susceptor material between the first and second dies such that the first susceptor is interposed between the second susceptor and the forming surface. Additionally, the method includes positioning a first bladder between the first and second dies such that the second susceptor is interposed between the first bladder and the first susceptor. Also, the method includes inflating the first bladder to concurrently deform the first susceptor and second susceptor into the desired shape.

Abstract: An enclosure for heating a three dimensional structure. The enclosure comprising a body defining a cavity therein. The cavity sized to receive a three dimensional structure. A plurality of heating blankets configured to heat the three dimensional structure to a substantially uniform temperature. At least one of the plurality of heating blankets comprises a conductor for receiving current and generating a magnetic field in response thereto, a first susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a first Curie temperature point and a second susceptor wire. The second susceptor wire comprising a second Curie temperature point that is different than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire.

Abstract: A device comprising at least one pressure generation unit and a heating unit, the heating unit comprising a two-sided inductor and being configured to generate a uniform alternating magnetic field in an assembly comprising two parts made of composite materials comprising carbon fibers embedded in a resin and a field absorber. The field absorber is configured to absorb the magnetic field and comprising a ferromagnetic material. The field absorber is arranged at the contact walls of the two parts, so as to heat them to at least a transformation temperature of the resin.

Abstract: Induction heating of a pattern perforated rotating cylinder susceptor is utilized to melt and apply thermoplastic materials to a substrate.

Abstract: A method of forming a workpiece having an initial heat treatment and made of a naturally aging alloy to a final shape using an incremental sheet forming (ISF) machine having a coordinate system and a tool path corresponding to the final shape of the workpiece is disclosed. The method comprises positioning the workpiece in the ISF machine; performing an initial forming operation on the workpiece using the ISF machine; performing a final heat treatment on the workpiece; repositioning the workpiece in the ISF machine; and, with the workpiece in a final workpiece orientation in the ISF machine and the tool path of the ISF machine in a final tool-path orientation in the ISF machine, performing a final forming operation on the workpiece using the ISF machine to achieve the final shape of the workpiece. Intermediate heat treatments and intermediate forming operations in the ISF machine may also be performed.

Abstract: A radiant heater having a ferromagnetic element includes a high emissivity surface and an induction coil operatively coupled with the ferromagnetic element. The induction coil may be energized to create eddy currents heating the ferromagnetic element until the element reaches its Curie temperature. At the Curie temperature the ferromagnetic element becomes substantially nonmagnetic and the temperature of the element remains relatively constant. The high emissivity surface of the heater provides a substantially uniform radiant heat to an object in close proximity to the high emissivity surface. The object may be thermally coupled with the high emissivity surface of the radiant heater. The radiant heater having a high emissivity surface may be used to heat temperature sensitive objects such as thin films. Multiple radiant heaters having different Curie temperatures may be used to ramp up a temperature, ramp down a temperature, or provide different temperatures required during a process.

Abstract: An induction heating system for manufacturing a part including an induction coil and a smart susceptor positioned within an oscillating electromagnetic field from the induction coil. The smart susceptor includes a ferromagnetic material cold sprayed onto a tool. The tool may be a sheet metal component formed to a desired shape by incremental sheet forming. The smart susceptor may be heated up by eddy currents generated in the ferromagnetic material by the oscillating electromagnetic field. The smart susceptor may be designed to have a desired Curie temperature based on the composition of the ferromagnetic material. The smart susceptor is formed into a desired shape by cold spraying ferromagnetic material onto a tool already formed into the desired shape. The smart susceptor may be removed from the tool by thermally shocking the smart susceptor and the tool and may be used to heat a part to be formed.

Abstract: A cable reduces loop inductance by changing the cross-sectional shape of the conductive elements of power supply and return conductors to something other than the traditional circular cross sectional shape, e.g., to a thin generally rectangular shape. The power supply and return conductors are also controlled in placement along the length of the cable, so that mutual inductance is maximized within a given power supply circuit, and minimized between the given power supply circuit and other power supply circuits within the cable. The return power supply conductor may optionally be sized for multiple power supply circuits, which may further reduce loop inductance and reduce crosstalk noise between different power supply circuits within a common cable. The power supply and return conductors may be part of a hybrid cable used to power and communicate with plural remote radio units proximate a top of a tower.

Abstract: An antenna structure is disclosed. In the embodiment, the antenna structure includes a substrate and an antenna that is formed on the substrate, the antenna having a first end and a second end that are separated. The antenna structure also includes a heating element formed on the substrate with at least a portion of the heating element being located in the separation between the first and second ends of the antenna, with the heating element being electrically separate from the antenna.

Abstract: A mold with a self-contained heating device comprising a mold body, a connector and an adjustment coil. The mold body comprises comprising an induction heating or tooling circuit having a resistance R1 and an inductance L1. The tooling circuit comprises an inductor extending inside a closed cavity of the mold body. The connector connects the tooling circuit to a high-frequency current generator. The adjustment coil has a resistance R2 and an inductance L2 that does not induce current in the mold body. The adjustment coil is connected to the tooling circuit, between the tooling circuit and the connector.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including at least one pocket on which a passive subject on which deposition will be executed is mounted, and a carrier body having an insertion space to which the at least one pocket is detachably attached. Therefore, the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus shortens process time and reduces process expenses. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus allows respective pockets to have different structures according to the positions of the pockets on the wafer carrier, and thus achieves uniform growth of a material on the surfaces of wafers regardless of the positions of the pockets.

Abstract: A method for heat-treating gas turbine blades, namely for locally heat-treating at least one gas turbine blade in a blade section thereof; a blade root section, which is not to be heat-treated, of the gas turbine blade being positioned in a holding receptacle to prevent an unacceptable heating of the particular blade root section, which is not to be heat-treated, during the heat treatment of the particular blade section. The blade root section of the gas turbine blade is positioned in an interior space in a way that allows a remaining interior space of the holding receptacle, to be filled with a filler material; the holding receptacle, together with the gas turbine blade, being subsequently positioned in a heat treatment chamber to enable the gas turbine blade in the heat treatment chamber to undergo local heat treatment under vacuum.

Abstract: A device for hot embossing of a magnetic nanoparticle (N)-containing polymer layer. The device includes an embossing die, a pressure application means and a magnetic field generating means. The embossing die and the pressure application means are made from materials that do not respond thermally to a magnetic field.

Abstract: The present invention provides a susceptor which is rotatably provided in a chamber and has a plurality of substrate mounting parts, and a substrate on which a thin film is deposited is rotatably mounted on the substrate mounting part, and the susceptor has a disk-shape wherein there is an opening at an inner periphery of the susceptor, into which a rotating shaft to rotate the susceptor is inserted, and the susceptor has a plurality of notches extending in a radial direction at an outer periphery and/or a periphery of said opening.

Abstract: Induction heating systems and methods for combinatorial heating of a substrate are disclosed. The induction heating system includes a susceptor segmented into multiple regions (e.g., two to 20 regions) that are separated from one another by a reflective channel that is purged with a liquid (e.g., gas or liquid). The induction heating system includes multiple induction coils, each induction coil corresponding to one of the susceptor regions or segments. The distance between each induction coil and the susceptor region can be varied using an independent lift for each region. The relative distance between the coils and the corresponding susceptor regions is used to vary the temperature of a substrate so that different regions of the substrate can be independently heated to different temperatures.

Abstract: A heating apparatus comprising a support base and a microplate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The microplate is positioned adjacent the support base and comprises a plurality of wells formed in the first surface thereof. Each of the plurality of wells is sized to receive an assay therein. A sapphire crystalline transparent window is positioned adjacent the microplate opposing the support base. A heating device heats the transparent window in response to a control system.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate thermal treatment apparatus enables excellent heating control in suppressing influence of mutual induction between induction heating coils even when the induction heating coils are arranged in the vertical direction while providing horizontal magnetic flux to susceptors. The apparatus indirectly heats wafers mounted on horizontally-arranged susceptors including induction heating coils to form alternate-current magnetic flux in a direction parallel to a mount face of the susceptor. The wafer are arranged at an outer circumferential side of the susceptor. The induction heating coils are structured with at least one main heating coil and subordinate heating coils electromagnetically coupled with the main heating coil.

Abstract: An induction heating system and a method for controlling a process temperature for induction heating of a workpiece. The induction heating system comprises an inductor configured to generate an alternating magnetic field in response to an alternating current supplied thereto, a magnetic load comprising a magnetic material, the magnetic material having a Curie temperature and being configured to generate heat in response to the alternating magnetic field being applied thereto, the magnetic load being connectable to the workpiece in a heat-conducting manner so as to transfer the generated heat to the workpiece, and a control unit configured to control the process temperature for manufacturing the workpiece by adjusting the alternating magnetic field when the temperature of the magnetic material is in a temperature control range around or below the Curie temperature of the magnetic material, the temperature control range being dependent on the magnetic material of the magnetic load.

Abstract: A system for inductively heating a workpiece may include an induction coil, at least one susceptor face sheet, and a current controller coupled. The induction coil may be configured to conduct an alternating current and generate a magnetic field in response to the alternating current. The susceptor face sheet may be configured to have a workpiece positioned therewith. The susceptor face sheet may be formed of a ferromagnetic alloy having a Curie temperature and being inductively heatable to an equilibrium temperature approaching the Curie temperature in response to the magnetic field. The current controller may be coupled to the induction coil and may be configured to adjust the alternating current in a manner causing a change in at least one heating parameter of the susceptor face sheet.

Abstract: A heating element, in particular a heating element for inductive heating, having an electrically conductive material which can be introduced into a magnetic field, produced by alternating current, of an induction coil, characterized in that the electrically conductive material is divided into a plurality of individual material sections, which are spaced apart from one another in electrically nonconductive fashion and are connected to form a closed conductor network by electrically conductive connecting elements.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus that can accurately control the temperature of a focus ring without causing abnormal electric discharge and the back-flow of radio frequency electrical power during the application of radio frequency electrical power. A wafer is mounted on a mounting stage disposed in a housing chamber. An annular focus ring is mounted on the mounting stage in such a manner as to surround the peripheral portion of the mounted wafer. The pressure in the housing chamber is reduced, radio frequency electrical power is applied to the mounting stage, and the focus ring generates heat by itself.

Abstract: A flexible ferromagnetic strip is used to induction-weld seams in polymer pipes. The strip is a blend of strontium ferrite, a surfactant, and an LDPE binder. A process to produce the profile is to mix the ingredients together followed by granulation and extrusion or calendering. The strip is used in conjunction with an induction coil sized to fit over a polymer pipe coupling containing the strip and separate segments of polymer pipe. The strip is heated by induction current induced by an electromagnetic field generated by the coil. The heated strip causes the polymer pipe segments to be thermoplastically welded together.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing induction welding. A number of protective layers are positioned between a susceptor layer and at least one of a plurality of workpieces at a weld location. An undesired current path is prevented from forming at the weld location during induction heating of the plurality of workpieces by the number of protective layers.

Abstract: A molding device for the shaping of a material includes: a lower mold body, or die, made from an electrically conductive material and including a molding zone intended to be in contact with the material to be shaped; an upper mold body, or punch, made from an electrically conductive material, and including a molding zone intended to be in contact with the material to shaped; a removable intermediate part, or core, made of an electrically conductive material, and intended to be inserted between the die and the punch; induction elements for generating a magnetic field that surrounds the die, the punch and the intermediate part; these three components being electrically insulated in pairs, so that the opposite faces of the intermediate part and the die, and those of the intermediate part and the punch, delimit two air gaps in which the magnetic field flows which induces currents at the surface of the molding zones of the die and the punch, thus making it possible to localize the action of the inductors at the