DEVICE FOR WELDING A CASING CONTAINING AN INNER MEMBER SUBJECT TO A PREDETERMINED PRELOAD, AND PROCESS THEREOF

• Main Authors: MARZINE, Riccardo, BAGGI, Marco, PERLO, Michele
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 08.01.2025
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A casing (10) includes a pair of half-shells of plastic material (12, 14) welded together, between which an inner member (18) is interposed, which is intended to be subjected to the action of a predetermined preload at the end of the welding of the casing (10). A welding device of the casing (10) includes a press assembly acting on a movable press plane (22) to cause its movement, a first seat (26) for positioning a first half-shell (12) movably mounted with respect to the press plane (22), a stationary counter element (28) superimposed on the first seat (26) and having a second seat (28) for positioning a second half-shell (14) of the casing (10), which counter element (28) is associated with a welding unit of the half-shells (12, 14), an elastic strain member (32) interposed between the press plane (22) and the first seat (26), and a position transducer (34) capable of detecting the relative position of the first seat (26) with respect to the press plane (22). The invention also concerns a process for welding the casing (10).