Abstract:
Provided is an optically uniform and high-quality optical glass that is free from the occurrence of striae when a precision press-molding preform is produced therefrom, and that is a fluorine-containing glass having a refractive index nd(1) wherein the refractive index nd(1) and a refractive index nd(2) are substantially equivalent to each other, said refractive index nd(2) being a refractive index of the fluorine-containing glass after the fluorine-containing glass is re-melted in a nitrogen atmosphere at 900° C. for 1 hour, cooled to its glass transition temperature and then cooled to 25° C. at a temperature decrease rate of 30° C./hour.
Abstract:
A manufacturing method for manufacturing an optical element includes: supplying a gas containing a mold-release acceleration substance to the space between a first mold and a second mold which sandwich an optical material and face each other; and pressurizing and transforming the optical material by bringing the first and second molds relatively close to each other.
Abstract:
A molding material is heated and pressed plural times when molded is an optical element having a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of a sphere having the same volume as the optical element. When such an optical element is molded, a closed space is formed between a molding material and a transfer surface of a mold in a state where the molding material is placed thereon. Thus, an appearance defect such as a recess is easily generated on the molded optical element. However, since the molding material is molded plural times, it is possible to place the molding materials on the transfer surfaces of the molds after a size of the closed space is adjusted so as not to generate the appearance defect prior to each heating/pressing process. Thereby, it is possible to suppress generation of an appearance defect in the molded optical element.
Abstract:
A mold-press forming apparatus for applying a molding pressure to a mold containing a forming material to perform press forming includes a loading chamber (that is, an airtight chamber) P1 kept airtight. The loading chamber P1 is connected to a pressure reducing member which includes evacuating members 14 and 13 arranged in an evacuating path 7 connected to the loading chamber P1 for evacuating a gas in the loading chamber P1, and a plurality of valves 11 and 12 arranged in the evacuating path 7 in parallel to each other. When the loading chamber P1 is evacuated, the pressure reducing member changes a pressure reducing rate in the course of pressure reduction.
Abstract:
The lens array 1 includes at least one lens part 3 formed on a surface of a glass substrate 2, and is formed of a press-molded article of optical glass having a refractive index nd of not less than 1.75. The method for producing the lens array 1 includes press molding a preform of optical glass having a refractive index nd of not less than 1.75 using a mold having at least one recess for forming the at least one lens part 3.
Abstract:
It is an object of present invention to select the most suitable composition and molding condition for obtaining a glass having a desired refractive index by press molding without any annealing treatment, for a short period of time so as to produce efficiently the glass. In the invention, a glass composition showing a target refractive index in the case where annealing is conducted is regarded as a basic composition, a component ratio of the basic composition is changed with defining as a predetermined range a range where values of the target refractive index+(100 to 850)×10−5 are upper and lower limits, a plurality of glass compositions whose estimated refractive index values estimated based on a variation in composition from the above basic composition are regularly changed within the predetermined range are provided as candidate compositions, glass molded articles having the above candidate compositions are prepared under a predetermined condition and the refractive indices thereof are measured, and the candidate composition of the glass molded article having a measured refractive index value coincident with or closest to the target refractive index is determined as an implementation composition. In the case where the measured refractive index is not coincident therewith, the molding condition is regularly changed, glass molded articles having the implementation composition are obtained under the above plurality of molding conditions and the refractive indices thereof are measured, and a molding condition of the glass molded article having a refractive index coincident with or closest to the target refractive index is determined as an implementation condition.
Abstract:
The devices for manufacturing glass performs comprise multiple gob casting molds, devices for displacing the gob casting molds and an atmosphere regulating mechanism. In one aspect, the atmosphere regulating mechanism independently regulates an atmosphere to which the glass is exposed on the gob casting molds in the casting area, molding area, or removal area relative to an atmosphere of at least one other area. In a second aspect, the atmosphere regulating mechanism divides the molding area into multiple subareas, and independently regulates an atmosphere to which the glass on the gob casting molds is exposed in at least one of the multiple subareas relative to the atmosphere in at least one other subarea and/or at least one other area.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a molded article in the form of an optical element such as a glass lens by heat-softening a glass material such as optical glass and press molding it with high precision in a pressing mold as well as an objective lens for optical picking up. The method of manufacturing comprises press-molding a molding material to make a molded article, measuring an optical property of the molded article, correcting pressing rate of at least one of the pressing molds based on the optical property thus measured, and further press-molding to make a molded article with the corrected pressing rate. A pressing device comprising a pair of pressing molds having molding surfaces processed to prescribed shape, and a means of driving one of the pair of pressing molds at a prescribed rate to press mold a molding material supplied between the pressing molds is disclosed. The device further comprises a means for detecting an optical property, a shape or a number of the molded articles and a means for controlling driving of said means of driving by correcting pressing rate of the molds based on the detected property, shape or number.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a press-forming method for glass capable of uniformly heating press dies and a preform and preventing oxidation of the press dies. According to the press-forming method for glass of the present invention, a preform is placed between a pair of press dies in a press-forming chamber and the preform and the press dies are heated in an inert gas atmosphere. After the temperature of the press dies reaches a predetermined value, evacuation of the press-forming chamber is initiated. After the pressure of the press-forming chamber reaches a predetermined value and the temperature of the press-forming chamber are stabilized at a second predetermined value, the preform is press-formed. Preferably, an exhaust rate for evacuating the chamber is limited to a predetermined value or less.
Abstract:
Provided is a process for producing a small-diameter glass molded lens that is made of a high-refractivity optical glass and having a small central thickness and a biconvex form, without causing cracking or breaking of the lens, and the process includes the steps of introducing a glass material made of an optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.70 or more and provided with a mold release functional film on a surface into a mold and press-molding the glass material to obtain the glass molded lens, the glass material having a surface free energy of 55 mJ/m2 or less when it is press-molded.
Abstract translation:本发明提供一种由高折射率光学玻璃制成并具有小中心厚度和双凸形状的小直径玻璃模制透镜的方法,而不会导致透镜的破裂或破裂,并且该方法包括以下步骤: 引入由折射率nd为1.70以上的光学玻璃制成的玻璃材料,在表面上设置有脱模功能膜,并对该玻璃材料进行加压成型,得到玻璃成型透镜,玻璃材料具有 压模时的表面自由能为55mJ / m 2以下。