Patent ID: 7987577

Claim:
Method for providing a shaped piece and for inserting the shaped piece into a hollow section bar having a cross-section of predetermined width and height that remains constant over its length, which bar is then used to form a frame-type spacer for insulating glass panes, the shaped piece bridging an opening in the spacer, comprising the steps of providing an extrusion-like semi-finished product having a cross-section that remains constant over its length; positioning the semi-finished product relative to a separation tool so that a predefined section of the semi-finished product lies on one side and the remaining section of the semi-finished product lies on the other side of a separation plane of the separation tool and the length of the predefined section, measured in the longitudinal direction of the semi-finished product, is adapted to a clear width of the hollow section bar; seizing the predefined section of the semi-finished product by means of a mechanized gripper; forming the shaped piece by separating the predefined section, while it is held by the gripper, from the semi-finished product; and inserting the shaped piece, while it is still gripped, into the hollow section bar, the shaped piece being permanently gripped between its formation and its insertion.