Philip Morris Products S.a.

Roberto Mancini

Oleg Mironov

Frederic Lavanchy

Stephane Roudier

Aleksandra Samulewicz

Jerome Christian Courbat

Enrico Stura

Andreas Michael Rossoll

An inductively heatable aerosol-generating article for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device is provided, the article including: an aerosol-forming rod segment having a cylindrical shape with a constant outer cross-section including an elongate susceptor element and an aerosol-forming substrate surrounding the susceptor element so as to define the cylindrical shape of the rod segment, the susceptor element including at least one narrower portion at each extreme end of the susceptor element, and the narrower portion at each extreme end including a reduced transverse cross-section as compared to one or more portions of the susceptor element along a length extension of the susceptor element including a maximum transverse cross-section of the susceptor element. A method is also provided for manufacturing inductively heatable aerosol-forming rod segments in a continuous rod-forming process including usage of a continuous susceptor profile having reduced transverse cross-sections at periodically spaced positions along its length extension.

Inductively heatable aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosol-forming rod segment and method for manufacturing such aerosol-forming rod segments

A method of making a multilayer article includes providing a mold defining a first cavity with a removable element therein; placing a first particulate component in the cavity; compressing the component along a first axis in a first compression step to form a first layer of the article; removing the element from the cavity after formation of the first layer; placing one or more additional particulate components in the mold; compressing the one or more additional particulate components along the first axis in one or more additional compression steps after removal of the element to form one or more additional layers of the article, wherein the first layer meets one of the one or more additional layers along a first interface substantially parallel to the first axis and the first layer meets one of the one or more additional layers along a second interface substantially perpendicular to the first axis.

Method of making a multilayer article

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Bofflens, Switzerland

Roberto Mancini