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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Csilla Miko, Essertines-sur-Yverdon, CH;
Rémi Grosjean, Bienne, CH;
Jean-Luc Bazin, Tuscherz-Alfermee, CH;
David Portehault, Villejuif, FR;
Yann Le Godec, Paris, FR;
Simon Delacroix, Orgeres, FR;
Fernando Igoa Saldana, Paris, FR;
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a part by alloying a precious metal with boron, wherein: a quantity of precious metal reduced to powder form is provided; a quantity of a nano-structured micrometric boron powder is provided; the precious metal powder is mixed with the nano-structured micrometric boron powder to obtain a mixture; the mixture is compacted by applying a uniaxial pressure; the mixture is subjected to a spark plasma sintering or flash sintering treatment, or to a hot isostatic pressing (HIP) treatment, to obtain an ingot of a precious metal/boron alloy, and the ingot is machined to obtain the part, or the ingot is reduced to powder form by a micronisation treatment and the powder is treated to obtain the part. Additionally, a gold/boron alloy.