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HEW – Hot plate welding
The heating-element welding process (hot plate welding) is one of the oldest and best established joining methods in the plastics industry and has, meanwhile, as a welding process, reached an extremely high technological standard for many thermoplastic materials. It is deemed to be a reliable welding procedure for many thermoplastic materials.
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