PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A BALANCE WHEEL FOR A TIMEPIECE

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17669476

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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.

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THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTDRUE DES SORS 3 MARIN 2074

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
CORSON, Donald William Yverdon-Les-Bains, CH 5 10
DI, DOMENICO Gianni Neuchatel, CH 76 206
GUEISSAZ, Francois Cormondreche, CH 21 317
HAEMMERLI, Alexandre Neuchatel, CH 18 15
HELFER, Jean-Luc Le Landeron, CH 95 322
HINAUX, Baptiste Lausanne, CH 39 85
MARTIN, Jean-Claude Montmollin, CH 49 316
PARATTE, Lionel Neuchatel, CH 27 146
TOMBEZ, Lionel Bevaix, CH 57 104
WILLEMIN, Michel Preles, CH 75 289
WINKLER, Pascal St-Blaise, CH 79 233
WINKLER, Yves Schmitten, CH 50 171

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