Abstract:
An ultra-sonic welding machine has independently adjustable front and rear anvils. Each anvil is independently clampable at desired locations. The rear anvil is reciprocable under power to opened and closed positions relative to the front anvil to thereby permit easy insertion and withdrawal of a workpiece. The end positions of the rear anvil are positively controlled by an adjustable and clampable stop block. The invention further comprises a welding tip that has a concave working edge and relief pockets for improving the welded connection and reducing ultra-sonic energy losses.
Abstract:
A stylus wire for use in a matrix printhead includes a thin elongated wire with an integral sphere-like head formed at one end. Also disclosed is a method of forming the sphere-like head using a laser or other device to apply high localized heat to the wire end sufficient to form said sphere-like head.
Abstract:
Wires are brazed together to form patterned constructions in apparatus which includes a die assembly and a support for the die assembly above a surface. The die assembly includes an apertured plate having a plurality of surface grooves for holding a plurality of wires in a predetermined pattern on the plate with a portion of each of the wires extending over the edge of the aperture. A separate second member of the die assembly is positioned in the aperture for vertical movement therethrough, the member having a guide for initially positioning the extended portions of the wires. The second member of the die assembly, after the wires are brazed together, engages the extended wire portions so as to dislodge the wire construction as a whole from the grooves. A channel in the plate adjacent the periphery of the aperture prevents contact of brazing material with the plate during the brazing.
Abstract:
In a continuous wire drawing operation the coils of rod or wire paying into a wire drawing apparatus are butt-welded by the application of high pressure at room temperature and each of the welds is resistance annealed without heating the remainder of the rod or wire.
Abstract:
A rivet head is formed on a bimetallic electrical contact wire by striking one end of the wire with flat surfaced cam means while retarding the advance of the wire by spring-loaded cam means.
Abstract:
1,023,678. Welding by pressure. PHILIPS ELECTRONIC & ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES Ltd. Sept. 25, 1964 [Sept. 30, 1963], No. 39166/64. Heading B3R. In welding a wire or the like to a body the wire is held rigidly in contact with a surface of the body and the body is ultrasonically vibrated parallel to the surface by means of vibrations transmitted via frictional coupling. To weld a wire 5, Fig. 1, to a plate 6 the wire is held or clamped in an anvil 4 which may have a bore through which the wire may be fed and the plate 6 is arranged between the end of the wire and the tip 3 of an amplitude transformer 2 connected to a transducer 1. The anvil is spring-urged against the plate and tip 3 and the latter is vibrated parallel to the plate vibrating the plate until a weld is formed when the tip slides on the plate. Copper or aluminium wires may be so welded to copper, brass or aluminium plates. In a modification a wire 5 is welded to the bottom 6 1 , Fig. 3 (not shown) of a box-shaped envelope 10 of an electrolytic capacitor using an elongated tip 3 coupled to a transducer and amplitude transformer. An apparatus similar to that shown in Fig. 3 may be used to weld a plate to a wire held by a three-part jaw in the anvil. A wire may be welded to a lug or protruberance on a body and the wire may be at an angle to the surface.
Abstract:
1,007,459. Welding by pressure. WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. Inc. Aug. 21, 1962 [Aug. 30, 1961 (2)], No. 32018/62. Heading B3R. [Also in Divisions H1 and H4] A device for banding a fine wire to a part comprises an elongated member having at one end a banding head for transmitting pressure to the wire, the head having a groove with non-concave inner faces to engage the wire initially along lines of contact only. A device for bonding a very fine gold wire 12, Fig. 1, to an aluminium stripe 13 sputtered on a semiconductive body 14 comprises a steel member 16 having a pair of parallel tungsten cylinders 19 welded to the lower surface thereof to form a groove for the wire passed from a guide 22. The member 16 is mounted in a chuck 27, Fig. 4, on an arm 32 carrying a transducer mounted by wedges 37 in a carrier 36 and supplied with current at a frequency of 20-60 kc. per sec. Clamps 38, 39 on the carrier 36 are pivoted to a cradle 43 and the pressure exerted on the work by the member 16 is determined by a knob 76 carrying a pin 77 which may be spring urged into one of a number of slots in a plate 75, the knob carrying a cam operating on a sleeve between which and the carrier 36 is arranged a coil spring. In operation the semi-conductor body 14 soldered etc. to a header 86 is held by placing header leads 87 into apertures 88 in a support disc 89 on a fixture 92 adjustable for height and transverse location, the member 16 is brought adjacent the stripe on the semiconductor and the knob 76 is rotated to provide a force of about ten grams on the work. The transducer is energized to scrub the wire against the stripe resulting in bonding. The wire and/ or the stripe may be heated. In a modification the elongated member of glass, sapphire, quartz, diamond etc. has a V-shaped groove on a flat side, a chamfered edge and a flat portion for a round wire passed through a guide. In a further modification the elongated member has a passageway 187, Fig. 12, therethrough and is tapered at its lower end to provide a flat surface 193 to which are welded parallel tungsten cylinders forming a groove for the wire 12 passing down through the passage way 187. A shearing device 213 cuts the wire projecting from the elongated member and bends it through 90 degrees into the groove. This member is used in thermo-compression bonding also. The apparatus may be used to bond wires of copper etc. to conductive, semi-conductive or non- conductive parts.