Method of preparing thick laminate wafers for wafer thermoforming and injection molding

    公开(公告)号:US12251897B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-18

    申请号:US17801548

    申请日:2021-02-25

    Abstract: A method of forming an ophthalmic laminate lens, includes: forming a planar laminate by adhering a first polycarbonate layer to a first side of a thermoplastic elastomer layer, and adhering a second polycarbonate layer to a second side of the thermoplastic elastomer layer, the first polycarbonate layer having a thickness greater than 250 μm, the second polycarbonate layer having a thickness greater than 250 μm, and the thermoplastic elastomer layer having a thickness in a range of 15 μm to 150 μm; thermoforming the planar laminate into a curved laminate, the curve laminate having a pre-molding curvature; arranging the curved laminate in a mold; and molding, via the mold set at a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure, the curved laminate with a polymer melt into a curved lens.

    Method and system for producing a gradient polar film

    公开(公告)号:US12115744B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US17416899

    申请日:2019-12-09

    CPC classification number: B29D11/00644 G02C7/12 B29K2995/0034

    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens is provided. The method involves preparing a cross-polarization cancelling optical film for an optical article comprising providing a film having at least a first section comprising a first edge, a second section comprising a second edge, and a predetermined color intensity; providing an apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises at least a first roller and a second roller, wherein the first roller and the second roller are configured to stretch at least a portion of the film; and continuously and asymmetrically stretching at least a portion of the film using the apparatus, while substantially maintaining the color intensity of the film.

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