Patent classifications
B
B29
B29C
66/00
B29C66/80
B29C66/83
B29C66/834
B29C66/8351
B29C66/83521
B29C66/83521
Apparatuses and methods for bonding substrates
09925751
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2018-03-27
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A method includes rotating a drum about an axis and an anvil roll about an axis of rotation. The drum includes a fluid nozzle and a press member, the press member having an outer surface. The anvil roll includes a compliant outer circumferential surface. One or more substrates are advanced in a machine direction onto the drum. The fluid nozzle moves radially outward and a jet of heated fluid may be directed onto the substrates. The fluid nozzle retracts radially inward and the press member may be shifted radially outward. The substrates may be compressed between the press member and the anvil roll such that the press member deforms the compliant outer circumferential surface of the anvil roll.