System comprising stud and tool, as well as method for fixing the stud to an object with the aid of the tool

    公开(公告)号:US11141924B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16340553

    申请日:2017-10-06

    申请人: Woodwelding AG

    摘要: A system and a method for stud fixation with the aid of mechanical vibration energy that is applied to the stud and that is used for local liquefaction or at least plastification of a material, which is based on a thermoplastic polymer and includes the stud (at least distal stud end) and/or by the object (at least in a fixation location), wherein simultaneously the distal stud end is pressed against the fixation location of the object. Depending on the material pairing of stud (distal stud end) and object (fixation location), this results, on re-solidification of the liquefied or plasticized material, in an embedding of the distal stud end in the object (e.g. positive fit connection), in a welded connection between the distal stud end and the object, or in a local penetration of stud material into the object (e.g. positive fit connection).

    Bonding objects together
    62.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10808740B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US15564623

    申请日:2016-07-05

    申请人: Woodwelding AG

    摘要: A method of bonding a connector to a first object includes providing the first object and the connector, the connector extending between a proximal end and a distal end and has a connector body that forms a distally facing punching edge. At least one of the connector and of the first object includes a thermoplastic material in a solid state. The method further includes driving the connector into the first object and coupling mechanical vibration into the connector until the connector extends through a portion of the first object from a proximal side to a distal side thereof and material of the first object is punched out by the connector body, and until at least a flow portion of the thermoplastic material becomes flowable and flows relative to the first object and the connector body while the connector body remains solid. Thereafter, the thermoplastic material is allowed to re-solidify.

    BONDING OBJECTS TOGETHER
    64.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180111325A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-26

    申请号:US15578784

    申请日:2016-07-05

    申请人: Woodwelding AG

    IPC分类号: B29C65/08 B29C65/00

    摘要: A profile body of a not liquefiable material is used as a connecting element between a first object and a second object. The profile body may especially be metallic and/or may be bendable. The profile body, in contrast to a conventional wire, however, has a shape defining a first and a second undercut. The method includes embedding the profile body in the second object so that the second undercut is within material of the second object, and embedding the profile body within material of the first object so that the first undercut is within the first object, and wherein at least embedding of the profile body in the first object is caused by mechanical energy impinging on the first object and/or on the second object while the first object and the second object are pressed against each other.