A method for coating an ophthalmic lens within an injection molding machine

    公开(公告)号:AU2006336869B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-01

    申请号:AU2006336869

    申请日:2006-12-21

    Applicant: ESSILOR INT

    Abstract: A method for in-mold coating of an injection molded thermoplastic lens that resides in an injection molding machine oriented to a horizontal parting line. An optical lens is initially formed by injecting molten thermoplastic resin into an edge-gated lens-forming cavity held closed under a primary clamp force. The mold is opened at a time when the lens is rigid enough to retain its shape. An unpressurized full metered charge of coating is applied onto the center of the lens. The coating is co-molded by ramping up the clamp force from zero to a secondary clamp force less than the primary clamp force to compress the coating into a uniformly thick, fringe-free layer.

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