Disclosed is a heat welding apparatus for combining a plastic fuel tank and plastic parts, and a method of combining the plastic fuel tank and the plastic parts using the apparatus. When a plastic part is heat-welded onto an inner surface of the plastic fuel tank, a melting unit simultaneously heats and melts a welding portion of the inner surface of the plastic fuel tank, to which the plastic part is joined, and a welding surface of the plastic part inside the plastic fuel tank, and then the welding surface of the plastic part is heat-welded to the welding portion of the plastic fuel tank after melting without delay.

Devices and methods for producing sandwich composite materials having at least one layer of plastic disposed between at least two outer metallic covering layers may comprise providing at least two semifinished products coated with plastic on one side, activating at least one of the plastic-coated sides of the metallic covering layers directly from the side of the covering layer having the plastic-coating, and connecting the plastic-coated sides of the metallic covering layers to form the sandwich composite material. The activation of the plastic may be performed by way of a heat source that utilizes an activation medium, radiation, or plasma, for example.

A method and installation for joining a cover layer to an object in a continuous process. Joining is effected with the aid of a joining material having thermoplastic properties, wherein the joining material is arranged between the cover layer and the object and is liquefied using ultrasonic vibration energy. Before application of the ultrasonic vibration energy, the joining material is preheated in a contactless manner with the aid of electromagnetic induction in the region of the glass transition temperature of the joining material or above this glass transition temperature. The object is in particular a chip board and the cover layer an edge strip to be joined to an edge of the chip board.

A method and device for sensing a weld seam geometry of a plastic butt weld seam between pipeline components, preferably plastic pipes, including the following steps: rough manual positioning of an optical sensor in relation to a butt weld seam between pipeline components, preferably plastic pipes, preferably at the pipe external diameter, wherein the sensor is aligned approximately perpendicularly to the pipe centre axis, automatic approaching of the sensor of measurement positions along or around a sensor axis, acquiring the visible weld seam geometry and/or the data by means of the sensor in each approached measurement position, determining the optimum measurement position by way of the acquired data, preferably by means of an algorithm, automatic approaching of the sensor of the optimum measurement position along or around the sensor axis, acquiring the weld seam geometry to determine the quality of the weld seam, analyzing and judging the measurement of the acquired weld seam geometry at the optimized measurement position.

An edge trim for pieces of furniture, including a meltable layer, is described. The molecular structure of the meltable layer contains both polar and non-polar parts. By way of a non-limiting example, an edge trim for pieces of furniture having an exposed edge of wooden or wood substitute material is described, comprising a molten layer and a structural layer, wherein the structural layer and the molten layer are connected in an adhesive bond, wherein the molten layer is made of a material that is chemically modified such that polar and non-polar components are found in a single molecular structure, wherein the molten layer contains energy absorbing additives, wherein the energy absorbing additives of the molten layer are selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal phosphates, metal salts of organic anions and combinations thereof.

A process for welding a first molding to a second molding. The process uses an implement including first and second external surfaces. Each external surface further includes a duct. An end of the first molding is heated by a hot gas while the end is at a distance from the duct-entry plane in the range from 3 mm outside the duct to 10 mm inside the duct. A junction area of the second molding is heated by a hot gas while the junction area is at a distance from the duct-entry plane in a range from 3 mm outside the duct to 10 mm inside the duct. The heated end and the heated junction area are then brought into contact with one another and cooled, forming a weld between the first molding and the second molding. Also disclosed is a welded molding obtainable by the process of the invention.

A method protects a field joint of a pipeline, where chamfered edges of thermally-insulating parent coatings on conjoined pipe lengths are in mutual opposition about a longitudinally-extending gap. The method includes manufacturing an hourglass-shaped inner layer around the pipe lengths, which layer may be moulded. The inner layer extends longitudinally along the gap between the chamfered edges and at least partially overlies the chamfered edges. A thermally-insulating solid insert is assembled from two or more parts to lie in the gap surrounding the inner layer, and pressure is applied radially inwardly from the insert to the inner layer. An outer layer of molten material is manufactured around the insert to form a watertight barrier and to form one or more melted interfaces with the inner layer. Corresponding field joint arrangements are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to trim component for covering an interior space of a means for transporting passengers, in particular of a vehicle, comprising a support element which has at least one separation surface and at least one edge-folded section abutting the separation surface, wherein the support element has at least one folded edge which includes at least one edge-folded section. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for producing such a trim component.

The present invention provides a methacrylic resin composition for non-contact hot plate welding comprising a methacrylic resin comprising 80 to 99.9% by mass of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit and 0.1 to 20% by mass of a unit of at least one additional vinyl monomer copolymerizable with the methacrylic acid ester monomer, wherein the methacrylic resin composition has a melt flow rate (MFR) of 2.5 g/10 min or lower at 230 C. at a load of 3.8 kg.

A method of bonding two components at a joint interface using a UV-curable substance. The method comprises incorporating a UV radiation emitting device in the joint interface between the components together with said substance and supplying power to said UV radiation emitting device to generate UV radiation and cure the substance.