B29C 66/91213

{Measuring or controlling the joining process by measuring or controlling the temperature, the heat or the thermal flux by measuring the temperature, the heat or the thermal flux by measuring the temperature with special temperature measurement means or methods involving measurement means being part of the welding jaws, e.g. integrated in the welding jaws and measuring the electrical resistance of a resistive element belonging to said welding jaws, said element being, e.g. a thermistor}