Method of manufacturing electroformed components

• Main Authors: Sasaki, Yosuke, Ikeda, Tomoo, Asami, Taku, Shima, Ryoichi, Ono, Yoshiki, Abe, Yosuke
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.08.2019
• Subjects: APPARATUS OR TOOLS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR MAKING ORMAINTAINING CLOCKS OR WATCHES; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; APPARATUS THEREFOR; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMISTRY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROFORMING; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; HOLOGRAPHY; HOROLOGY; MATERIALS THEREFOR; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; METALLURGY; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTIONOF COATINGS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS

In manufacturing of a first electroformed component and a second electroformed component having portions fitted to each other into close contact, after the first electroformed component is formed, the first electroformed component is used as a portion of an electroforming mold to form the second electroformed component. Using the first electroformed component as a portion of the electroforming mold to form the second electroformed component, the shape of the first electroformed component is transferred to the second electroformed component. As a result, multiple types of components differing in shape may be accurately manufactured concurrently in a series of manufacturing steps.