Induction sealing device
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorsHåkan Andersson, Andrea Babini, Gloria Guidetti, Richard Sandberg
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Abstract
An induction sealing device for heat sealing packaging material for producing sealed packages of pourable food products, the sealing device comprising: an inductor configured to induce a current in the packaging material, the inductor comprising conductor elements; a polymer insert holding the conductor elements; and a supporting body holding the polymer insert; wherein the polymer insert comprises a polymer matrix into which graphene particles are dispersed.
Claims22
An induction sealing device for heat sealing packaging material for producing sealed packages of pourable food products, said sealing device comprising:
- an inductor configured to induce a current in the packaging material, the inductor comprising conductor elements;
- a polymer insert holding said conductor elements;
- and
- a supporting body holding said polymer insert;
- wherein the polymer insert comprises a polymer matrix into which graphene particles are dispersed;
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- wherein the polymer insert comprises magnetic particles dispersed into the polymer matrix of the polymer insert, whereby the polymer insert forms a flux-concentrating insert.
An induction sealing device for heat sealing packaging material for producing sealed packages of pourable food products, said sealing device comprising:
- an inductor configured to induce a current in the packaging material, the inductor comprising conductor elements;
- a polymer insert holding said conductor elements;
- and
- a supporting body holding said polymer insert;
- wherein the polymer insert comprises a polymer matrix into which graphene particles are dispersed;
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- wherein the polymer insert is configured to hold a flux-concentrating insert, wherein the flux-concentrating insert comprises a polymer matrix into which magnetic particles are dispersed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.