Invention Application
- Patent Title: PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A BALANCE WHEEL FOR A TIMEPIECE
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Application No.: US17669476Application Date: 2022-02-11
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Publication No.: US20220163923A1Publication Date: 2022-05-26
- Inventor: Alexandre HAEMMERLI , Francois GUEISSAZ , Jean-Claude MARTIN , Lionel PARATTE , Yves WINKLER , Gianni DI DOMENICO , Pascal WINKLER , Jean-Luc HELFER , Lionel TOMBEZ , Baptiste HINAUX , Donald William CORSON , Michel WILLEMIN
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Priority: EP17210299.8 20171222
- Main IPC: G04B17/22
- IPC: G04B17/22 ; G04B18/00 ; G04B17/06

Abstract:
A process for producing a metal alloy balance wheel by molding includes a) making a mold in the negative shape of the balance wheel; b) obtaining a metal alloy that has a thermal expansion coefficient of less than 25 ppm/° C. and is able to be in an at least partly amorphous state when it is heated to a temperature between its glass transition temperature and its crystallization temperature; c) putting the metal alloy into the mold, the metal alloy being heated to a temperature between its glass transition temperature and its crystallization temperature so as to be hot-molded and to form a balance wheel; d) cooling the metal alloy to obtain a balance wheel made of the metal alloy; and e) releasing the balance wheel obtained in step d) from its mold. The process also includes a step for over-molding flexible centering components in the hub.
Public/Granted literature
- US11640140B2 Process for producing a balance wheel for a timepiece Public/Granted day:2023-05-02
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