A system for preparing an aerosol-generating component customized by a user including an apparatus for using one or more feedstock materials in an additive manufacturing process, wherein the one or more feedstock material is selected and formed into an aerosolizable substrate by the additive manufacturing process in accordance with instructions provided by the user. There is also provided a process for producing a customized aerosol-generating component, the process including forming one or more feedstock materials into the aerosol-generating component by an additive manufacturing process in accordance with instructions provided by the user.

A system for preparing an aerosol-generating component customized by a user including an apparatus for using one or more feedstock materials in an additive manufacturing process, wherein the one or more feedstock material is selected and formed into an aerosolizable substrate by the additive manufacturing process in accordance with instructions provided by the user. There is also provided a process for producing a customized aerosol-generating component, the process including forming one or more feedstock materials into the aerosol-generating component by an additive manufacturing process in accordance with instructions provided by the user.

A heating element for vaporization includes: a surface provided with a microgroove portion, the microgroove portion being arranged at least on one side of the heating element that is away from a preset liquid absorbing element, the microgroove portion having a microgroove, an opening of the microgroove being connected with the preset liquid absorbing element. The heating element is connectable with the preset liquid absorbing element to heat and vaporize to-be-vaporized liquid.

A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.

An aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol by inductive heating of an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the device including: a device housing including a cavity to removably receive the substrate; an inductive heating arrangement including an induction coil to generate a varying magnetic field within the cavity and being arranged around at least a portion of the cavity; and a flux concentrator arranged around at least a portion of the coil and being configured to distort the field of the arrangement towards the cavity, the flux concentrator including a multi-layer flux concentrator foil having a magnetic layer laminated with at least a first support layer, the magnetic layer including a plurality of separated fragments of a soft magnetic alloy and being arranged in a pattern including a plurality of crack centers, and a plurality of cracks spread radially outwards from each crack center in a web-shaped pattern.

An aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol by inductive heating of an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the device including: a device housing including a cavity to removably receive the substrate; an inductive heating arrangement including an induction coil to generate a varying magnetic field within the cavity and being arranged around at least a portion of the cavity; and a flux concentrator arranged around at least a portion of the coil and being configured to distort the field of the arrangement towards the cavity, the flux concentrator including a multi-layer flux concentrator foil having a magnetic layer laminated with at least a first support layer, the magnetic layer including a plurality of separated fragments of a soft magnetic alloy and being arranged in a pattern including a plurality of crack centers, and a plurality of cracks spread radially outwards from each crack center in a web-shaped pattern.

A susceptor assembly is provided for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate under an influence of an alternating magnetic field, the susceptor assembly including: one or more composite susceptor particles, each one of the one or more composite susceptor particles including a particle core and a particle shell entirely encapsulating the particle core, in which the particle core includes or is made of a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic core material having a relative magnetic permeability of at least 200 for frequencies up to 10 kHz at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius, and in which the particle shell includes or is made of an electrically conductive shell material. An aerosol-generating article for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating article, are also provided.

An aerosolization module for an aerosol generating device includes a reservoir configured to contain a vaporizable material, a heater including a wick which is configured to imbibe liquid by capillarity, and a liquid path for providing liquid from the reservoir to the heater that includes at least one liquid channel that fluidically connects the reservoir to the wick, the liquid channel including a porous pad in contact with the wick. The porous pad improves the reliability in the supply of vaporizable material to the heater.

An aerosol flavor adjusting device for an electronic vaporization device having a vaporizer, comprises a housing and a vent tube arranged in the housing. The vent tube is configured to receive a first portion of a first aerosol from the vaporizer. The vent tube and the housing form an accommodating cavity therebetween. The accommodating cavity is configured to accommodate a flavor adjusting substrate and release a second aerosol. One or more first circulation holes are provided on a side wall of the vent tube and configured to pass at least part of the first portion of the first aerosol from the vent tube to the accommodating cavity. The first portion of the first aerosol is mixed with an effective substance of the flavor adjusting substrate in the accommodating cavity to form a first portion of the second aerosol.

An aerosol flavor adjusting device for an electronic vaporization device having a vaporizer, comprises a housing and a vent tube arranged in the housing. The vent tube is configured to receive a first portion of a first aerosol from the vaporizer. The vent tube and the housing form an accommodating cavity therebetween. The accommodating cavity is configured to accommodate a flavor adjusting substrate and release a second aerosol. One or more first circulation holes are provided on a side wall of the vent tube and configured to pass at least part of the first portion of the first aerosol from the vent tube to the accommodating cavity. The first portion of the first aerosol is mixed with an effective substance of the flavor adjusting substrate in the accommodating cavity to form a first portion of the second aerosol.