A method is provided for joining a pin member of a first component to a second component with a cavity, using an adhesive, to fasten the pin in a target position extending at least partially into the cavity. A distance (D) is provided between the bottom surface of the cavity and the facing end of the pin. A flexible spacer is positioned on the bottom surface of the cavity. The thickness of the spacer equals or exceeds the distance (D) between the bottom surface of the cavity and the facing end of the pin in the target position. The adhesive is filled into the cavity onto the flexible spacer, and the pin is positioned in the target position. The adhesive is cured to obtain a joint between the pin and the second component.

An apparatus for joining, in particular laser welding, two components, in particular plastics components, comprises—two workpiece receptacles (1, 3) for respectively holding the two components (2, 4) to be connected, —in each case one bearing element, preferably a bearing plate (7), for each of the workpiece receptacles (1, 3), —a clamping drive (SA) for at least one bearing element for feeding and bracing of the two components (2, 4) held in the workpiece receptacles (1, 3) during the joining process, —a controller (9) for the clamping drive (SA) and in particular a laser welding device (LS), and—a mechanically loose coupling between the clamping drive (SA) and bearing element (7) such that the two workpiece receptacles (1, 3) are tiltable towards one another during feeding and bracing. Also disclosed is a method for operating such a joining apparatus during a joining process of two components (2, 4) held in the workpiece receptacles (1, 3), in particular during a laser welding process.

A method for joining a thermoplastic film to a metal component, at least comprising the following method steps: providing the metal component with a joining surface, incorporating microstructures and/or nanostructures into the joining surface of the metal component, arranging the thermoplastic film on the joining surface of the metal component, softening the thermoplastic film by heating to a temperature above the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic film, pressing the softened thermoplastic film onto the joining surface of the metal component in such a way that part of the softened thermoplastic film penetrates into the microstructures and/or nanostructures in the joining surface of the metal component, and obtaining an interlocking connection between the thermoplastic film and the metal component after the thermoplastic film has cooled.

A method for joining a lens to a housing of a lighting device of a motor vehicle, in which the housing is accommodated and secured in a receptacle device. The method includes accommodating the lens in a pre-centering device, aligning the lens towards the housing during an alignment procedure and accommodating the lens by a holding device after the alignment procedure. The method further includes holding the lens by the holding device during a subsequent joining process, releasably attaching the holding device to the pre-centering device, aligning, via fastening elements, during the alignment procedure and moving the accommodated lens and the holding device attached to the pre-centering device relative to the receptacle device such that the lens and the holding device are aligned on the housing accommodated in the receptacle device.

The lamp component includes a light orienting element having a light incident end, a light output end opposite the light incident end, and a side surface extending between the light incident and light output ends; and a housing configured to position the light orienting element adjacent a light source. The housing is at least partially translucent, and includes at least one sidewall and a main wall facing the light output end. The light orienting element is configured to deflect a fraction of the incident light towards the light output surface to be projected through the main wall as to direct light, and a fraction of the light towards the at least one housing sidewall to be projected as indirect light. The light orienting element is a first part formed by extrusion in a first direction, and the housing is a second part formed by extrusion in a first direction.

While a part of an article is crushed to be collected, a crushed pieces collector reduces the number of uncollected crushed pieces and the crushed pieces scattered over the floor to improve efficiency of collection and to prevent a foreign matter from being mixed into the collected crushed pieces. The crushed pieces collector is configured to collect the crushed pieces while a crush object is crushed to be removed from a fixed object to which the crush object is fixed. The crushed pieces collector includes: a receiving portion placed below the crush object to receive the crushed pieces; and a contact portion provided contiguously with the receiving portion and in contact with the fixed object. The contact portion includes an elastic body elastically deformable along an outer surface of the fixed object.

A first plastic part is fixtured in a first fixture, and a second plastic part is fixtured in a second fixture for welding to each other. The first plastic part can be independently moved relative to the second plastic part in each of three directions: 1) linearly in a direction parallel with a z-axis, 2) linearly in a direction parallel with an x-axis, and 3) circularly in a circular arc about an axis parallel with a y-axis.

Simultaneous laser welding equipment of a vehicle light including at least a plurality of laser sources suitable for emitting light beams, a plurality of optical fibres associated, at the input ends to the at least one laser source and transmitting the light beams. A light guide is provided with at least one hollow seat that delimits a continuous perimetral contour, counter-shaped to the weld interface. The light guide comprises diffusion elements that pass through the perimetral contour of the seat of the light guide internally, so as to intercept and influence the light beams that propagate inside the seat and that are shaped to expand the light beams along a direction substantially tangent to the curvilinear abscissa defining the perimetral contour, before it projects from the light output wall and/or at the latter.

A system for assembling a plurality of components into an assembly is provided. The system includes an installation table, a first transfer robot, a second transfer robot, and an adhesive dispensing robot. The first transfer robot is configured to assemble some of the plurality of components into a first sub-assembly and transfer the first sub-assembly to the installation table. The second transfer robot is configured to assemble remaining ones of the plurality of components into a second sub-assembly, transfer the second sub-assembly to the installation table, and attach the second sub-assembly to the first sub-assembly. The adhesive dispensing robot is configured to apply an adhesive between the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly, after the second sub-assembly is attached to the first sub-assembly, to bond the second sub-assembly to the first sub-assembly.

A three-dimensional molded circuit component, includes: a base member which includes a metal part and a resin part; a circuit pattern which is formed on the resin part; and a mounted component which is mounted on the base member, and is electrically connected to the circuit pattern. The resin part includes a resin thin film as a portion thereof, which includes a thermoplastic resin, of which a thickness is in the range of 0.01 mm to 0.5 mm, and which is formed on the metal part. The mounted component is arranged on the metal part via the resin thin film.