Structure with an insert and assembly method
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsYoann MOSTEIRO VAZQUEZ, François ERDEMLI
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Abstract
A method for assembling an insert with a recess of a structure, using a propulsion tool guiding a striker slide pushing a striker, and including a distributor device for controlling the forwards or backwards motion of the striker slide, and a tube guiding the striker and including a head with an internal profile adapted to the insert to be produced, a bar of material is inserted into the tube and heated to a predetermined temperature, a propulsion fluid is injected and a distributor slide is operated to move the striker slide at a predefined speed and to drive the striker to strike the preheated bar, force it into the recess and deform it so that it occupies the volume of the internal profile of the head.
Claims18
A method for assembling an insert provided with an elongate part ending in a head with a recess of a structure, which method uses a propulsion tool guiding a first striker slide pushing a striker in the form of a free projectile, and including a distributor device for controlling the forwards or backwards motion of said first striker slide, and a tube guiding said striker and said tube including a head with an internal profile adapted to the head of the insert to be produced;
- according to which method a bar of material made of an at least partially amorphous material is inserted into the tube, said bar of material being intended to form said insert, said bar is heated to a predetermined temperature, a propulsion fluid is injected into said propulsion tool and a second distributor slide comprised in said propulsion tool is operated to move the first striker slide at a predefined speed and to drive the striker by percussion, which, as it moves in the tube, strikes the bar which moves in the tube until the bar is forcibly inserted into said recess and is deformed so that the bar occupies the volume of said internal profile of said head.
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