Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least one wire coil.

A thermoelectric device including a panel, formed of a thermally insulating material, and having a plurality of thermoelectric elements including compacted conductors inside the insulating material and expanded conductors outside the insulating material wherein the thermoelectric elements run substantially parallel to or at an acute angle relative to the long dimension of the panel. The thermoelectric device may be integrated into a variety of surfaces or enclosures needing heating or cooling with controls and configurations to optimize the application.

There is provided a heating element (11) for an aerosol-generating system, the heating element (11) comprising a mesh (12). The mesh (12) comprises a plurality of first filaments (20) extending in a first direction (21), wherein each of the first filaments (20) comprises a first end (24) and a second end (26). The mesh (12) also comprises a plurality of second filaments (22) extending in a second direction (23), wherein the first direction (21) is perpendicular to the second direction (23). Each of the second filaments (22) comprises a third end (28) and a fourth end (30). The second ends (26) of the first filaments (20) are electrically connected to the third ends (28) of the second filaments (22).

The invention concerns a conductive pattern sheet for use in a glazing, comprising a substrate, a conductive pattern arranged on the substrate, wherein the conductive pattern comprises first and second busbars arranged at opposing edges of the conductive pattern for connecting a power supply thereto, a plurality of conductive lines each conductive line arranged between the first and second busbars, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of conductive lines is configured to have a transition region wherein a change from a first resistance per unit length (R1) at a first end of the transition region to a second resistance per unit length (R2) at a second end of the transition region occurs over a predetermined length (L) of the transition region wherein a rate of change of resistance per unit length (R1-R2)/L is from 1 to 16,000 ohms per centimetre squared and the substrate is a polymer sheet.

A substrate support for a substrate processing system includes a plurality of heating zones, a baseplate, at least one of a heating layer and a ceramic layer arranged on the baseplate, and a plurality of heating elements provided within the at least one of the heating layer and the ceramic layer. The plurality of heating elements includes a first material having a first electrical resistance. Wiring is provided through the baseplate in a first zone of the plurality of heating zones. An electrical connection is routed from the wiring in the first zone to a first heating element of the plurality of heating elements. The first heating element is arranged in a second zone of the plurality of heating zones and the electrical connection includes a second material having a second electrical resistance that is less than the first electrical resistance.

The invention relates to a heated sensitive layer sensor comprising an insulating substrate bearing the sensitive layer; two complementary measurement electrodes in the form of two adjacent conductive tracks configured in electrical contact with the sensitive layer; and a heating element in the form of a resistive track arranged on the substrate for uniformly heating an active area of the sensitive layer. The resistive track comprises at least three power supply points regularly spaced over the length of the resistive track, and each point of even rank is supplied at a first supply voltage and each point of odd rank is supplied at a second supply voltage.

An electrical heating assembly (1), in particular for use in a heatable seat device, comprises a plurality of heating wires (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) and a support structure (8) adapted to fix the heating wires (11, 12, 13, 14, 15). The heating wires (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) are arranged to form a plurality of hot points (10), a respective hot point (10) being defined by a circular area of 6 mm in diameter in which there are present at least three sections of heating wire (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) which are not interconnected to each other within the area of the hot point (10).

A laminar heater with an electrically conductive laminar heating element having a pair of electrically conductive busbars disposed adjacent opposite ends of the heating element and at least a first area having a plurality of perforations with a generally polygonal geometry. Embodiments include those with Y-shaped perforations, including some with one prong diverging into a bulbous, optionally diamond-shaped, end, and those defined by an array of generally diamond shaped perforations intermeshed with an array of circular shaped perforations. Processes of manufacture and installation, heating systems including such heaters, and multi-ply embodiments having non-metal plies and an outer metal surface layer, are also disclosed.

A method and system to remediate soil containing PFAS compounds and organic carbon. Total organic carbon is reduced by heating the soil at a sufficient temperature and for a sufficient duration to reduce surface effects between the PFAS compounds and the organic carbon to permit evaporation and treatment of the PFAS compounds from the soil. A flexible helical heater is employed to heat the soil.

Substrate temperature control apparatus and electronic device manufacturing systems provide pixelated light-based heating to a substrate in a process chamber. A substrate holder in the process chamber may include a baseplate. The baseplate has a top surface that may have a plurality of cavities and a plurality of grooves connected to the cavities. Optical fibers may be received in the grooves such that each cavity has a respective optical fiber terminating therein to transfer light thereto. Some or all of the cavities may have an epoxy optical diffuser disposed therein to diffuse light provided by the optical fiber. A ceramic plate upon which a substrate may be placed may be bonded to the baseplate. A thermal spreader plate may optionally be provided between the baseplate and the ceramic plate. Methods of controlling temperature across a substrate holder in an electronic device manufacturing system are also provided, as are other aspects.