Method of manufacturing a timepiece component
AssigneeRolex SA
InventorsSylvain Farine, Philippe Vaucher
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Abstract
The method of manufacturing a timepiece component includes: procuring a block to be machined; forming a timepiece component blank having a shape of revolution about a revolution axis (A); and machining the blank using an off-center laser beam the direction of which is not parallel to the revolution axis (A), does not cross the revolution axis (A) and is not tangential to the blank to be machined.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a timepiece component, wherein the method includes:
- procuring a block to be machined;
- forming a timepiece component blank having a shape of revolution about an axis of revolution;
- machining the blank using an off-center laser beam having a direction which is not parallel to the revolution axis, does not cross the revolution axis, and is not tangential to the blank to be machined.
A machining device including at least one rotating spindle configured to hold a block to be machined and a laser that can be off-centered, the machine device being configured to employ a method of manufacturing a timepiece component, wherein the method includes;
- procuring the block to be machined;
- forming a timepiece component blank having a shape of revolution about an axis of revolution;
- machining the blank using an off-center laser beam having a direction which is not parallel to the revolution axis, does not cross the revolution axis, and is not tangential to the blank to be machined.
A timepiece component,
- wherein the timepiece component is made of a material having a hardness greater than or equal to 800 HV,
- wherein the timepiece component has a monobloc structure comprising a shaft and at least one tooth having a section which on a plane perpendicular to the shaft has a shape including a flared profile portion, a section normal to the shaft having a shape in which an orthoradial dimension increases in a direction radially away from the rotation axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.