An antenna heater for heating an antenna includes a heating panel that is configured for attachment to the antenna and comprising heating tracks. The heating tracks are spaced apart from each other and each includes an electrically-conductive trace and positive temperature coefficient (PTC) elements. The PTC elements are electrically connected to the electrically-conductive trace, spaced apart along the electrically-conductive trace, and made of a PTC material having an equilibrium temperature greater than 0° C.

Systems and methods of controlling outputs of infrared heaters used to join a first part to a second part, and a component made thereby. Upper and lower nests hold the first and second parts, respectively. A movable heating platen has infrared heaters on opposite surfaces. Imaging sensors have fields of view encompassing heated portions of the first and second parts, respectively, when the platen is retracted away from an area between the upper and lower nests. A controller causes the upper and lower nests to move while causing the platen to extend into and retract away from the area between the upper and lower nests. The first imaging sensor takes a first image of the heated portions of the first part, which causes an adjustment to be made to an output of the infrared heaters in a subsequent welding cycle.

A heating device (100) comprises: a heater (10) for heating an item (1); a temperature detection unit (20) for detecting the temperature of the item (1); and a temperature adjustment unit (30) for controlling the heater (10) on the basis of a target temperature and the detected value of the temperature detection unit (20) so that the temperature of the item (1) reaches the target temperature. The heating device (100) determines, as a system gain change rate, the rate of change from the initial value of a system gain determined as a ratio of a temperature increase value of the item (1) with respect to electric power inputted to the heater (10), and determines the rate of change in the heat retention of the item (1) using the system gain change rate.

One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a secondary battery lamination device, and more particularly, the secondary battery lamination device includes an infrared LED heat source portion including a plurality of individually controllable infrared LED lamps and a pressurizing portion, thereby manufacturing a battery with improved uniformity of adhesive strength and air permeability between the positive electrode, the separator, and the negative electrode.

An aerosol generating device may include a cartridge configured to store an aerosol generating material, a main body to which the cartridge is detachably coupled, a first heater configured to heat a cigarette inserted into the aerosol generating device, a second heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material, and a processor configured to individually control the first heater and the second heater so that the aerosol generating device operates in one of a smokeless mode in which visible smoke is not generated and a smoke mode in which visible smoke is generated.

Provided is a welding joining method for joining end portions of first and second pipes made of polyamide resin by bonding the end portions to each other by pressure in a molten state. The welding joining method includes: a placing step of placing an infrared radiation lamp between the first and second pipes placed to face each other at an interval; a heating and melting step of heating and melting the end portions of the first and second pipes by emitting infrared; and a pressure bonding step of cooling down the molten end portions in a state where the molten end portions are bonded to each other by pressure.

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to heat rotor blades. An example blade heating apparatus includes a stationary magnet; a solenoid to rotate around or inside the stationary magnet, the rotation to generate electricity using the solenoid; and a heating element embedded in a rotor blade, the heating element to increase a temperature of the rotor blade using the electricity to mitigate icing.

Aerosol-generating devices (102) comprising a single power button (152), a heating element (134) to generate aerosol using an aerosol generating article, and a controller (128) comprising one or more processors and operatively coupled to the single power button and the heating element. The controller is configured to provide a plurality of different power levels used with a heating element to generate aerosol using the aerosol-generating device, provide a selected power level of the plurality of different power levels that the aerosol-generating device is presently configured to use with the heating element to generate aerosol, and change the selected power level to a different power level of the plurality of different power levels in response to a user pressing the single power button.

A radiation pumped heater includes a ceramic substrate which is heated by a laser beam to a steady state temperature. An optical fiber is heated by conduction and radiation emitted from the ceramic substrate.

A method and system for wireless communication in a conveyor system. The method includes: formulating a command from a master controller to an accessory controller; translating the command into a simplified protocol; transmitting the simplified command via a wireless communications channel; receiving the simplified command at a wireless receiver; processing the simplified command by the accessory controller; formulating a response to the master controller from the accessory controller; transmitting the response via the wireless communications channel; and translating the response for handling by the master controller. The system includes: a downlink converter/transmitter configured to translate a command into a simplified protocol and send a simplified command via a wireless signal; an accessory receiver/transmitter configured to receive the wireless signal; and an accessory interface configured to communicate the simplified command to the accessory for execution.