An apparatus for capping a container (10) comprises: a conveying device for conveying the container (10) along a path; an applying head (23) for applying a lid (1) onto a neck (9) included in an opening device of the container (10); a welding head (43) arranged downstream of the applying head (23), the welding head (43) comprising a welding element (51) for welding the lid (1) to the opening device.

A method of applying a lid (1) onto a neck (9) of a container (10), the lid (1) having a side wall (3) extending around an axis and an end wall (2) extending transversely to said axis, comprises the following steps: positioning the lid (1) onto the neck (9); exerting on the end wall (2) a force directed towards the container (10), so as to level the lid (1) on the neck (9); screwing the lid (1) onto the neck (9) by rotating the lid (1) in a screwing direction.

A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly according to the present disclosure includes: a lamination process, a cutting process, a stacking process, an induction heating process, and unit cell bonding process. The lamination process includes alternately stacking electrodes and separators and bonding the alternately stacked electrodes and separators to each other. The cutting process includes cutting the alternately stacked electrodes and separators to a predetermined size to form a plurality of unit cells. The stacking process includes sequentially stacking the plurality of cut unit cells to form a cell stack. The induction heating process includes heating the cell stack by an induction heater. Finally, the unit cell bonding process includes pressing the heated cell stack to bond the plurality of unit cells to each other. A device for manufacturing the electrode assembly is also disclosed.

An applying unit for applying lids (1) to necks (9) of containers (10) comprises: a conveying device for advancing the containers (10) along a path in an advancement direction (F); a group of applying heads (23), each applying head (23) being arranged to screw a lid (1) onto a corresponding neck (9); a movement device (26) for moving the group of applying heads (23) along the advancement direction (F), so that each applying head (23) is coupled to a corresponding neck (9) along a portion of said path. The movement device (26) is configured to act on a common support element (24) supporting the applying heads (23) of said group, so as to move synchronously the applying heads (23) along the advancement direction (F).

An induction heating sealing device (30) for sealing a packaging material comprises an electrically conductive layer and advancing, in use, along a first direction (A), said induction heating sealing device (30) comprising an inductive element (100), said inductive element (100) comprising a first leg (31) and a second leg (32) extending along said first direction (A) and within which, in use, an alternate current flows, said first leg (31) having a first body (33) facing a second body (34) of said second leg (32) and at least one projection (35) laterally projecting from said first body (33) and facing, in use, an area (53) of said packaging material to be sealed and being configured to induce, in use, an eddy current within said area (53).

A pipe may include an inner thermoplastic pipe and an outer layer of thermoplastic material. The outer layer of thermoplastic material may be wrapped around the inner thermoplastic pipe. The outer layer of thermoplastic material may be fused with the inner thermoplastic pipe. The pipe may also include an induction heating compatible material (IHCM) within or between at least one of the inner thermoplastic pipe or the outer layer of thermoplastic material.

Thermoplastic welding apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example method includes providing a smart susceptor between composite parts that are to be joined via thermoplastic welding. The example method includes positioning the composite parts and the smart susceptor on a tooling surface within a cavity of a tooling apparatus and applying a seal to the composite parts and the tooling surface to form a vacuum chamber between the composite parts and the tooling surface at a welding joint of the composite parts; producing a magnetic field at the welding joint. The example method includes providing a vacuum in the vacuum chamber during a welding operation.

A thermoplastic welding apparatus includes a thermoplastic welding tool, at least one tooling surface in the thermoplastic welding tool, a magnetic induction coil in the thermoplastic welding tool and generally encircling the at least one tooling surface and at least one smart susceptor in the thermoplastic welding tool at the at least one tooling surface. The magnetic induction coil is adapted to generate a magnetic flux field oriented generally parallel to a plane of the at least one smart susceptor.