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System, apparatus, and method for making composite articles. Jewelry items such as finger rings, bracelets, earrings, body jewelry, and the like, are examples of such articles. Medical, dental, and industrial devices or components are other examples. Method of manufacturing an article including a su

System, apparatus, and method for making composite articles. Jewelry items such as finger rings, bracelets, earrings, body jewelry, and the like, are examples of such articles. Medical, dental, and industrial devices or components are other examples. Method of manufacturing an article including a substrate comprising a first material and an inlay comprising a second material includes the steps of preheating the substrate; contacting a depression in a surface of the substrate with the second material; heating the second material at a point contact with the substrate causing it to liquify and flow into the depression; and moving the point of contact along the along the depression in the surface of the substrate while continuously feeding the second material and heating the second material at the point contact with the substrate to cause it to substantially fill the depression. A method of manufacturing a composite article comprising a first material and a metal wire comprising a second material, includes: joining ends of the metal wire or otherwise fabricating or machining to form a seamless megtal ring or other article having an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the ring-shaped substrate; placing the metal ring over a groove disposed circumferentially in an outer surface; placing the substrate with the metal ring thereon on a mandrel; positioning the mandrel in a collet in an opening of a collet-block; and forcing the collet with the mandrel positioned therein into the opening; so that the metal ring is squeezed into the groove in the ring-shaped substrate to form the composite article.

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System, apparatus, and method for making composite articles. Jewelry items such as finger rings, bracelets, earrings, body jewelry, and the like, are examples of such articles. Medical, dental, and industrial devices or components are other examples. Method of manufacturing an article including a su

System, apparatus, and method for making composite articles. Jewelry items such as finger rings, bracelets, earrings, body jewelry, and the like, are examples of such articles. Medical, dental, and industrial devices or components are other examples. Method of manufacturing an article including a substrate comprising a first material and an inlay comprising a second material includes the steps of preheating the substrate; contacting a depression in a surface of the substrate with the second material; heating the second material at a point contact with the substrate causing it to liquify and flow into the depression; and moving the point of contact along the along the depression in the surface of the substrate while continuously feeding the second material and heating the second material at the point contact with the substrate to cause it to substantially fill the depression. A method of manufacturing a composite article comprising a first material and a metal wire comprising a second material, includes: joining ends of the metal wire or otherwise fabricating or machining to form a seamless megtal ring or other article having an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the ring-shaped substrate; placing the metal ring over a groove disposed circumferentially in an outer surface; placing the substrate with the metal ring thereon on a mandrel; positioning the mandrel in a collet in an opening of a collet-block; and forcing the collet with the mandrel positioned therein into the opening; so that the metal ring is squeezed into the groove in the ring-shaped substrate to form the composite article.