An environment-friendly photovoltaic module manufacturing process and a photovoltaic module are provided. The environment-friendly photovoltaic module manufacturing process includes: preparing a solar cell assembly; fixing a junction box on the solar cell assembly in such a manner that a bus bar of the solar cell assembly is introduced into the junction box; fixing the bus bar to a metal slice in the junction box by welding; injecting a highly thermal conductive silica gel into the junction box; and curing the highly thermal conductive silica gel. The junction temperature of the junction box can be reduced by means of combining the junction box and the highly thermal conductivity silica gel with a high thermal conductivity, so that the junction box can withstand higher temperature, and can be used in the photovoltaic module with large cell size and high current requirements.

A welding device includes a welding rod configured to be inserted into a winding center hole provided at a winding center of an electrode assembly inserted into a battery can to weld an electrode tab of the electrode assembly or an electric connection component coupled with the electrode tab to a bottom surface of the battery can. The welding rod includes a center rod located at a center of the welding rod; and an exterior cover configured to cover an outer circumference of the center rod. The exterior cover is configured to be movable in a first direction away from the center rod and in a second direction toward the center rod.

In a method for connecting a spindle to a spindle holding element in order to produce a longitudinal adjustment device for a vehicle seat, a spindle that extends along a longitudinal axis is connected to an attachment portion of a spindle holding element in a materially bonded manner using a resistance welding method. In this way, a method for connecting a spindle to a spindle holding element in order to produce a longitudinal adjustment device for a vehicle seat is provided, this allowing a firm connection of a spindle to a guide rail via one or more spindle holding elements, with a production process that is easy to manage and to monitor.

A container for distilled spirits includes a stainless steel body, stainless steel top element and stainless steel bottom element wherein the body, top element and body element are joined together without solder such that the flavor of the distilled spirits therein is preserved. A method of making the container is also disclosed.

The resistance welding method of welding two objects together includes the steps of: clamping the objects between a pair of electrodes; and applying a current between the electrodes while the objects are pressed to bring them close to each other to allow a contacting surface between them to generate heat. One object includes a core member and a plated layer coating the core member and having a melting point lower than that of a metal constituting an outer surface of the core member. The objects are clamped between the electrodes and the contacting surface are allowed to generate heat to melt the plated layer to weld the outer surface of the core member of the one object and a base member of another object together. At least the outer surface of the core member and the base member are made of respective metals, between which no intermetallic compound is formed.

There is provided a rotation part of a rotary machine, the rotation part including: a base unit including a surface constituting fluid channels; a plurality of blade units protruding from the base unit; a plurality of shroud segment support units connected to the plurality of blade units and extending in a parallel direction to the surface of the base unit; a shroud segment disposed between and bonded to adjacent shroud segment support units of the plurality of shroud segment support units; and a first reinforcing unit provided on an intersection portion between a blade unit of the plurality of blade units and a shroud segment support unit of the plurality of shroud segment support units, wherein a distance from a protruding direction center line of the blade unit to an end portion of the shroud segment support unit is greater than a maximum distance from the protruding direction center line of the blade unit to an end portion of the first reinforcing unit.

A method for forming welded assembly. The method includes: providing a gear workpiece; forming a joining section on the gear workpiece that defines a weld interface; applying a material to the outside surface of the gear workpiece including the joining section; cutting a plurality of teeth in the material-covered gear workpiece, each of the plurality of teeth having first and second flanks and a root, wherein the material does not reside on any one of the first flanks, the second flanks and the roots; heat treating the gear workpiece to harden the teeth; and finishing the heat-treated gear workpiece in a finishing process to form a finished ring gear, the finishing process comprising at least one of a turning operation and a lapping operation; wherein the material is disposed over the weld interface on the finished ring gear. A welded assembly is also provided.

The present disclosure relates to an automatic forming machine for plant growth supports, comprising a ring rolling system with a ring rolling unit, a mold system with a mold unit, and a welding system, which are all disposed on a machine frame, wherein the ring rolling unit can roll a metal wire and make the metal wire be formed into a ring with an opening in the mold unit; the mold system is for carrying the ring and making two free ends of the ring with an opening aligned or alternately overlap with each other; the welding system welds can weld the opening of the ring carried by the mold unit, causing the ring to become a closed ring. The present disclosure has a high automatic degree and can reduce the production time and labor cost.

A negative electrode current collector is placed on outer sides of two outermost surfaces of a layered negative electrode core-exposed portion, and a negative electrode conductive member is placed between first and second layered negative electrode core-exposed portions formed by dividing the layered negative electrode core-exposed portion into two parts. A resistance-welding electrode is brought into contact with the negative electrode current collector from the side opposite to the layered negative electrode core-exposed portion side, and the negative electrode current collector, the layered negative electrode core-exposed portion, and the negative electrode conductive member are resistance-welded together. In a placing step, the negative electrode conductive member is placed such that the protrusions thereof are in contact with the first and second layered negative electrode core-exposed portions located between the negative electrode conductive member and the negative electrode current collector, and the protrusions are then melted.

An electrically assisted pressure joining apparatus and an electrically assisted pressure joining method join a first metal member and a second metal member together, and includes an electrode portion, an intermediate portion including a plurality of micropores and inserted between a first metal member and a second metal member, and a pressure portion connected to the electrode portion to receive a current from the electrode portion and transfer the current to the first metal member and the second metal member to apply a pressure to the first metal member such that the first metal member and the second metal member are joined together by the intermediate portion.